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Korea still looking for that elusive ‘next level’
- Updated: May 26, 2016
Lausanne, Switzerland, May 26, 2016 – After losing to Japan in the bronze-medal match at the 2012 London Olympics, Korea coach Kim Hyung Sil said: “In Kim Yeon Koung, we have one of the world’s best players. She has brought Korean volleyball to the next level.”
This year, the Koreans will be able to prove or disprove their former coach’s assertion and hopefully erase the bitter taste of Olympic defeat to their archrivals Japan.
Japan and Olympic volleyball are intertwined. Women’s volleyball made its debut at the Tokyo Olympics in 1964 and Japan won the gold medal there, before doubling up on their gold medal in 1976. Korea also appeared in the Tokyo Olympics but has won only one Olympic volleyball medal, a bronze in 1976 in Montreal where, of course, they were overshadowed by Japan again.
So the loss to Japan in 2012 was a particularly bitter pill to swallow. The report on the bronze-medal match stated: “Korea lacked that killing instinct.” Maybe …
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