Friday, August 1, 2008

No surprises in the selection of the US Olympic women's indoor volleyball team. Unfortunately.

I have searched for three hours now for a good picture of the US women's indoor volleyball team, and found not one. Mug shots of the twelve players, yes: a good picture of the team, no. I am convinced that such does not exist. How about, instead, a coupl'a two three good photos of the Japanese swimming team arriving at the Olympic village with . . . adrenaline and humility and modesty in the face of a world of competitors; not 'ho-bitch funky attitude that this retarded world just does not appreciate that this sport belongs to us, adrenaline in the Olympic village. Humility. Adrenaline.

2008 USA Women's Olympic Indoor Volleyball Team

# Name Pos Ht Hometown College Born
1Ogonna Nnamani OH 6-1 Bloomington, Ill. Stanford 7-29-83
2 Danielle Scott-Arruda MB 6-2 Baton Rouge, La. Long Beach State 10-1-72
3 Tayyiba Haneef-Park OPP/OH 6-7 Laguna Hills, Calif. Long Beach State 3-23-79
4 Lindsey Berg S 5-8 Honolulu, Hawai'i Minnesota 7-16-80
5Stacy Sykora L 5-10 Burleson, Texas Texas A&M 6-24-77
6Nicole Davis L 5-4 Stockton, Calif. Southern California 4-24-82
7 Heather Bown MB 6-3 Yorba Linda, Calif. Hawai'i 11-29-79
9 Jennifer Joines MB 6-3 Milpitas, Calif. Pacific 11-23-82
10 Kim Glass OH 6-3 Lancaster, Pa. Arizona 8-18-84
11Robyn Ah Mow-Santos S 5-9 Honolulu, Hawai'i Hawai'i 9-15-75
12 Kim Willoughby OH 6-0 Napoleanville, La. Hawai'i 11-7-80
15 Logan Tom OH 6-1 Salt Lake City, Utah Stanford 5-25-81

Head Coach: Lang Ping Assistant Coaches: Yong Li, Sue Woodstra, Tom Hogan

Lang Ping is currently the only female head coach of a national volleyball federation with a team in the top 20 world ranking.

This is the official site for indoor volleyball.

Women's Olympic Games 2000
Qualified Teams
1.CHNChina (host country)
2.ITAItaly (1st World Cup)
3.BRABrazil (2nd World Cup)
4.USAU.S.A. (3rd World Cup)
5.ALGAlgeria - Africa
6.KAZKazakhstan - Asia *
7.RUSRussia - Europe
8.CUBCuba - Norceca
9.VENVenezuela - South America
10.POLPoland (1st World Olympic Qualification) *
11.SRBSerbia (2nd World Olympic Qualification) *
12.JPNJapan (3rd World Olympic Qualification) *
* The Asian Continental Qualification Tournaments were played combined with the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments in Japan
FIVB World Ranking: 1. Brazil 2. Italy 3. Cuba 4. USA 5. Japan 6. Serbia 7. China 8. Russia 9. Poland 10. Korea * 11. Dominican Republic * 12. Kenya * 13. Germany * 14. Netherlands * 15. Peru * 16. Turkey * 17. Thailand * 18. Chinese Taipei * 19. Puerto Rico * 20. Egypt * 21. Algeria 22. Kazakhstan 29. Venezuela * not qualified for the2008 Olympic Games

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