The volleyball players of the Republic of Korea recorded a second victory at the Olympic Games in Tokyo. The players of the Italian coach Stefano Lavarini coped very hard with the Dominican Republic but still managed to win by 3:2 (25:20; 17:25; 25:18; 15:25; 15:12) in a match of 3rd Round of Group A.
The match lasted 2.13 hours. Asian star Kim Yeon-koung scored 20 points (1 ace, 3 blocks, 48% efficiency in attack), and Park Jeong-ah (2 aces) and Ahn Hye-jin (1 block) added 16 more points for the success of the Koreans.
Brayelin Martinez scored 20 points (2 blocks) to the Dominican Republic, and Yonkaira Pena added another 16 points.
In the next 4th round on July 31, the Republic of Korea will play against the hosts from Japan at 13.40.
The team of the Dominican Republic, which has already suffered 3 losses in the Olympic tournament, against the outsider Kenya from 03.00.
