(BEIJING, August 23) -- The Chinese Women's Volleyball team, Athens 2004 champion, reached the Olympic podium again, beating Cuba 25-16, 21-25, 25-13, 25-20 to win bronze in Beijing.

Beijing, China, August 21, 2008 – USA shocked three-time Olympic champions Cuba in straight sets in the Women’s Olympic semi-finals to set up a gold-medal match against Brazil, who swept the defending Olympic champions China in the other last-four match on Thursday. photo FIVB Beijing 08

Defending Olympic champions China, three-time Olympic gold medallists Cuba, World No. 1 Brazil and emerging threat USA advanced to the semi-finals of the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament in Beijing on Tuesday. photo FIVB Beijing 08

Lindsey Berg (Honolulu) served the U.S. Olympic Women’s Indoor Volleyball Team to leads of 8-0 and 5-0 in the fourth and fifth sets, respectively, to help the fourth-ranked Americans rally for a 20-25, 25-21, 19-25, 25-18, 15-6 victory over second-ranked Italy on Tuesday evening in the Olympic Games quarterfinal match at Beijing’s Capital Gymnasium.

The FIVB conducted on Sunday, after the last match of the pools, the drawing of lots for the Quarter Finals of the Women’s Olympic Volleyball Tournament. photo FIVB Beijing 08

Beijing, China, August 17, 2008 - Cuba, USA, Kazakhstan, Brazil and Russia all claimed victories on the last day of the Preliminary Rounds in the Women's Olympic Volleyball Tournament on Sunday. The latest in a long list of VIPs to take in an Olympic Volleyball match was King Carl Gustaf XVI of Sweden and Queen Silvia, who watched Brazil beat Italy. photo FIVB Beijing 08