2016 Rio Olympics - Volleyball - Women's Bronze Medal Match Netherlands v USA - Maracanazinho - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 20/08/2016. USA's (USA) players celebrate winning the bronze medal. REUTERS/Yves Herman
RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The U.S. women's volleyball team defeated the Netherlands in four sets on Saturday to win the bronze medal, a consolation for the world's top-ranked team in its pursuit of an elusive gold.
The Americans came to Rio as favourites and were undefeated until Serbia knocked them out in a five-set upset on Thursday when the U.S. team lost its top scorer Foluke Akinradewo to a leg injury.
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