PARIS, France -- Previous Gophers volleyball player Airi Miyabe (2019-21) is getting set to compete for Group Japan in the 2024 Olympic Games.
Japan will compete in Pool B with Poland, Brazil and Kenya. The best two groups from the pool will progress to the knockout circular, which contains 16 groups. All matches will be accessible for gushing on Peacock.
Japan's Schedule:
- Sunday, July 28 vs. Poland, 6 a.m. CT on Peacock
- Thursday, Aug. 1 vs. Brazil, 6 a.m. CT on Peacock
- Saturday, Aug. 3 vs. Kenya, 6 a.m. CT on Peacock
The College of Minnesota volleyball group has had a critical nearness in the Olympics amid the past two decades. That will proceed in the 2024 Paris Olympics, as previous Gopher Airi Miyabe (2019-21) was named to Japan's Olympic group. At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Gophers alumnae Tori Dixon ('14), Hannah Tapp ('16) and Sarah Wilhite Parsons ('16) were named as substitutes for the U.S. Olympic group. Minnesota volleyball has been spoken to at each Olympic Recreations since 2004.
Miyabe, a previous exterior hitter at Minnesota, plays center blocker for Japan. She earned her to begin with Olympic group appearance after a standout execution in the Volleyball Countries Association. She came off the seat in the tournament's elimination rounds, counting 11 focuses on six murders, four squares and one expert to offer assistance Japan to their to begin with ever VNL last in a 3-2 win over No. 1 positioned Brazil.
As a Gopher, Miyabe was a three-time Scholastic All-Big Ten determination from 2019-21. Amid her time in Minneapolis, the Gophers made a Last Four, an First class Eight and a Sweet 16. Her best season came in 2021, when she played in 27 matches, averaging 2.97 slaughters, 0.93 burrows and 0.27 squares per set. She hit .240 on the year and risen into a beginning part late in the season. In the 2021 Sweet 16 coordinate against Baylor, Miyabe ventured up for a career-high 18-kill execution on .324 hitting. She was named to the NCAA Madison Territorial All-Tournament Group in expansion to being AVCA All-North Locale Honorable Specify in 2021.