Russian volleyball players won the first victory at the Olympic tournament

Volleyball players of the Russian national team won the first victory at the Olympic tournament in Athens. On Tuesday, the wards of Gennady Shipulin in three parties outplayed the team of Australia.

Moreover, if the first Russian team won quite easily, then the last two forced the Russians to make much more efforts - 3-0 (25:17, 26:24, 25:23).

In its starting match, the men's Russian team in a tense struggle lost to the Dutch, the Olympic champions of the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta with a score of 2-3.

The third match in Athens Russian volleyball players will be held on August 19 against the Americans.