Straight-sets win earns Russia second straight bronze

  2008-08-24 03:30:46 GMT    2008-08-24 11:30:46 (Beijing Time)    BOCOG

  (BEIJING, August 24) -- Russia has won its third Men's Volleyball medal in three consecutive Olympic Games, winning a second straight Olympic bronze by beating Italy 25-22, 25-19, 25-23 on Sunday, August 24. Italy, silver medalist in Athens, finishes the Men's Volleyball tournament without a medal for the first Olympics since Barcelona 1992. Brazil and the United States play for gold at 12:00 p.m. (UTC/GMT +8).