Volleyball Girls Fall to Russia

25th January 2008

Poland's much-loved women's volleyball team fell at the final hurdle in their battle to win a place at this year's Olympics, losing a classic encounter with Russia in the final of an international tournament in the German town of Halle this week.

Poland's much-loved women's volleyball team fell at the final hurdle in their battle to win a place at this year's Olympics, losing a classic encounter with Russia in the final of an international tournament in the German town of Halle this week.
The Poles had swept all before them before the loss in a fifth-set tie-break against the Russians, whom they had already beaten once.
The nearest chance of qualification for the "Golden Girls", as Poles h ...