Flashback: Russia pull off sensational comeback to beat Brazil

 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 12, 2016 – Brazilian volleyball fans had plenty of emotion to contend with at the London Olympic Games in 2012. After being pulverised in the first set of the women’s final on August 11, Brazil roared back to clinch the gold, but in the men’s final on the following day, Russia went one better, overcoming the loss of the first two sets to steal the gold from Brazil.

Surprisingly, Russia’s 3-2 (19-25, 20-25, 29-27, 25-22, 15-9) victory gave them their first ever volleyball gold medal since the breakup of the Soviet Union in either the men’s or women’s competition. 

Russia and Brazil had finished with identical 4-1 records in the group stage in London with Brazil beating Russia 3-0 (25-21, 25-23, 25-21) in the preliminaries. Brazil’s only loss was to the United States, 3-1.

Brazil bulldozed their way past Argentina (3-0) in the Quarterfinals and USA’s conquerors Italy (3-0) in the semis, while Russia overcame Poland (3-0) and Bulgaria (3-1).

Russia’s ergey Tetyukhin celebrates his fourth Olympic medal in London 2012. Now going for …

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