Paris Olympics: France to play Spain in men's volleyball final
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00:00France are looking to make history today. The men's team are hoping to defend their Olympic title.
00:06They won the gold in the men's volleyball three years ago in Tokyo, though they will have a tough
00:13task against the Polish. The Polish are the world number one. Currently, the French having beaten
00:19Italy easily 3-0 in their semi-final to book their spot in a second consecutive final in the
00:26volleyball, though they did have to fight very hard in their quarterfinal against Germany. They
00:31were trailing 2-0 before fighting back from behind to continue their Olympic journey here in Paris.
00:39As I said, it will be shaping up to be a very tight final. The French obviously hungry to make
00:44history and get a consecutive Olympic gold, while the Polish will be hoping to get their first
00:50Olympic gold for a while here at the volleyball. France's top players are Irwin Negapef and Trevor
00:59Clevenor, who were both part of that winning squad from three years ago in Japan. For the
01:04Polish, well, the French will have to look out for Wilfredo Leonvenaro, who scored 26 points,
01:10a massive 26 points, in their win against Team USA in the semi-finals. Well, French obviously,
01:15hungry to make history and it's a big weekend for France and team sports.
01:46against Team USA. Obviously, Team USA, the big favorites in the basketball final with NBA stars,
01:52such as Steph Curry, LeBron James and Kevin Durant. It's a rematch of the final three years
01:59ago in Tokyo. France are three-time silver medalists in the men's basketball. They've never
02:04won a gold. Maybe they can do it on the home turf. The women, too, have booked their spot in the
02:10women's basketball final, which will be taking place tomorrow. And there's also the French women's
02:15handball team, who are facing Norway in Lille later on this afternoon. The French, who will be
02:22looking hopefully to get some more gold medals. They've fallen down to sixth place in the medals
02:26table over the last few days. So maybe a few more gold medals that can maybe push them back up
02:31the higher end of the medal table with obviously two days to go now.