France made sure its first Olympic volleyball medal would be gold, beating the Russian Olympic Committee team 25-23, 25-17, 21-25, 21-25, 15-12 Saturday night in a breakthrough win for a country that had no history of success. #Olympicvolleyballmedal, #franceteam , #olympics2021, France had qualified for the Olympics four times before this year and made it as far as the quarterfinals only once in 1988. But after a slow start that began with a 3-0 loss to the United States and a 2-3 record in pool play, the French men knocked off Pool A winner Poland in a five-set quarterfinal before sweeping Argentina in the semis and beating the Russians in a dramatic final to earn gold. Just when France seemed poised to blow the match, it mustered up enough energy to pull it out at the end. Jean Patry delivered a kill and an ace on back-to-back points to put the French ahead for good at 13-11. Antoine Brizard then surprised the Russians when he sent a soft shot over the net instead of setting it to give France match point. France won it 15-12 when Maxim Mikhaylov's shot went wide, sending the French pouring onto the court in celebration. Hatfielder - MMA Releases, updates & UFC news, about upcoming ufc ultimate matches, fixtures, fights, inside updates. We do hard work to share you best possible inside stories about UFC MMA Fighters and their life. If you're interested in business with us, go to business email section and contact us. All footage on this channel is footage hat fielder has permission to use or consists of derivative works created by the Hat fielder - UFC, MMA Channel for educational and informational purposes. The appearance of U.S. Department of Defense visual information on the Hatfielder - Hatfielder does not imply or constitute Department of Defense endorsement. Credits: to Concern owners. ►SUBSCRIBE to the Hatfielder - Channel for more UFC updates, videos: https://bit.ly/3qyeHyo ►FOLLOW Hat fielder on Tumbler at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/hatfielder ►FOLLOW Hat fielder on FACEBOOK at https://www.facebook.com/hatfielder If you like Hat fielder content please remember to leave a Like & Comment or even Share the video. It means a lot. Thanks!