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TOKYO, Japan, July 28, 2021 – The president of
the Japanese Olympic Committee, Mr. Yasuhiro
Yamashita, paid a visit to Ariake Arena, site of
the volleyball competitions of the Tokyo 2020
Olympic Games.
Mr. Yamashita was received at the facility by
Mr. Cristobal Marte Hoffiz, first executive vice
president of FIVB, who is the international
technical delegate in charge of supervising the
tournaments of both genders currently running.
The president of the JOC and Mr. Marte Hoffiz
posed for the photographers covering the matches
that began on July 25 and will continue until
August 8 with the medal matches of the women’s
tournament. The men’s medal matches will be
played on August 7.
Teams from twelve countries are competing in
each tournament, divided into two pools of six
teams with the top four at the end of a pools’
round-robin advancing to the quarterfinals. |
