It's back-to-back gold at the Paralympics for Team USA women's SittingVolleyball!
at the Tokyo Paralympics, but the gold-medal match on Sept. 4 proved victorious for USA when they won after four sets, dominating the court and defending their title from the Rio Games five years back. It was in Rio where they also, ending the team's Paralympic winning streak they'd carried since Athens 2004. Now the US women are forging a streak of their own by claiming back-to-back titles. Brazil took bronze for the second Games in a row.
The score in the Tokyo final was 25-12, 25-20, 22-25, 25-19; sitting volleyball teams must win three sets in a best-of-five format. Team USA's starting lineup included five-time Paralympian Lora Webster, four-time Paralympians captain Katie Holloway and Heather Erickson, three-time Paralympians Monique Matthews and Kaleo Maclay, two-time ParalympianBethany Zummo, and Paralympic newbie Jillian Williams.
Chants of"USA! USA! USA!" rang through Makuhari Messe Hall, and the team erupted with celebration and tears. Ahead, check out footage from the moment their unstoppable performance turned golden. What a way to wrap up the Tokyo Paralympic Games!
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