US men's volleyball was eliminated at the start of the Olympics
The American men's volleyball team was eliminated after a pool game on Monday for the first time since 2000 in Sydney, Australia. Micah Christenson gave coach John Speraw a long, tearful hug as his men's American men's volleyball volleyball team descended and the victorious Argentines celebrated. Instead of building a bronze medal awarded in Rio de Janeiro five years ago, Americans quickly returned home from the Olympics for the first time in more than 20 years. "It's painful," Christenson said after Argentina's direct defeat on Sunday night denied the United States a place in the quarterfinals. “We have worked hard for this. We have delayed another year to work as hard as possible on this. This is not the way we wanted to end it is simple and easy. It hurts. ” The Americans won two of their first three games in Tokyo before losing to Brazil and Argentina to fifth place in Pool B and missed out on the quarterfinals for the first time since losing all five games in Sydney 21 years ago. The U.S. It brought back eight players to the bronze medal team in 2016, but did not return to top form following a long break due to the COVID-19 epidemic. The Americans have struggled in the Italian revolution, and that has not changed in Tokyo. They started well by sweeping France in the first leg but lost three of the last four games. "It's impossible to process it right now," said Matt Anderson after his third Olympic game. “It will be difficult weeks after this tournament I think about it. I think that’s part of our process as players and what we’re forced to do when something says this to you. It will be painful. It takes time to process that information and move forward. ” Argentina fought back after losing the first two Olympic games to advance as the third-placed team in Pool B with three wins in a row. Argentina will play Italy in the quarterfinals on Tuesday. Argentina have benefited from five Americans who missed five of their last six after serving in the third set to close the game. Christenson's performance in the 23-yard touchdown gave the Argentine game point. The game ended when Taylor Sander's block came out. Functional errors have been a recurring problem throughout the Olympics as the U.S. It had 97 most active errors, including several important moments after the set. "It makes me wonder if they were trying to do too much at the time," Speraw said. The U.S. fought the steep climb for almost every game. Argentina have been the best team ahead of time, earning three aces from Facundo Conte in the opening set to take it out 25-21. The United States scored five straight points to rise 21-19 in the second set but failed to close it. Bruno Lima's spike after a long meeting gave Argentina a set point and shut it down near Martin Ramos' pit against TJ DeFalco. The U.S. At the time it failed to close the third set and is now heading home early.