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Watch: With Olympic silver, U.S. women become most decorated volleyball team

Can’t view the above video? Click here.Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team Sunday to win gold in women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics.The victory came in straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17. The Italians ended a dominant tournament having lost just one set.It’s the first medal in the sport for top-ranked Italy and sends the Americans home in disappointment after they won their first Olympic title in Tokyo. It’s a huge win for the Italians, whose previous best Olympic finish was fifth.The silver finish by the Americans gives them a seventh Olympic medal to make them the winningest country in the sport.

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Italy beat the defending champion U.S. team Sunday to win gold in women’s volleyball at the Paris Olympics.

The victory came in straight sets, 25-18, 25-20, 25-17. The Italians ended a dominant tournament having lost just one set.

It’s the first medal in the sport for top-ranked Italy and sends the Americans home in disappointment after they won their first Olympic title in Tokyo. It’s a huge win for the Italians, whose previous best Olympic finish was fifth.

The silver finish by the Americans gives them a seventh Olympic medal to make them the winningest country in the sport.