Serbia: Women basketball and volleyball teams won Olympic bronze and silver

Serbia defeated France, 70-63, and won the bronze medal in women's basketball at the 2016 Olympics.

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This is the first Olympic medal in women's basketball for Serbia as an independent country, and it comes in the country's first appearance. After a miraculous run to the bronze medal game, the team finished it off with one last win.

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Just in one day  three medals went to Serbia's Olympic score.

For women basketball (bronze), volleyball (silver) and men water polo gold medals made Rio 2016 the most successful story for Serbian sport ever.

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Volleyball National Team Coach Zoran Terzic

Early on Sunday European time, Serbian women's squad lost to China 1-3 (25-19, 17-25, 22-25, 23-25) in the final of the volleyball competition, winning silver for their country.

This brought the total number of medals won in the Rio Olympics by Serbian athletes to seven: two golds, three silvers, two bronzes.

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