US Women’s Volleyball Avenges Loss to Serbia, Reaches Final

U.S. players celebrate winning a point during the women's volleyball semifinal match between Serbia and the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, in Tokyo, Japan, on Aug. 6, 2021. Manu Fernandez/AP Photo

TOKYO—U.S. volleyball star Foluke Akinradewo Gunderson woke up with a vision that her team was poised to make it back to the gold medal game.

Five years after Akinradewo Gunderson could only watch the end of a crushing five-set loss to Serbia in the Olympic semifinals because of an injured knee, she helped lead her team one step closer to the ultimate prize.