&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Dominican Republic&lt;/strong&gt; and the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/us-national-team-t95392&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;United States&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; will face each other in the quarterfinals of the women's volleyball tournament at the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; These two teams are familiar foes and will be looking to keep in the quest for a &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/olympic-games-united-states-medals-table-tokyo-2020-20210726-0022.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;gold medal.&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;Here, check out everything there&rsquo;s to know about this match such as preview, predictions, odds and how to watch it in the US.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Dominican Republic had a great performance in the preliminary rounds. While their wins over &lt;strong&gt;Kenya&lt;/strong&gt; (3-0) and &lt;strong&gt;Japan&lt;/strong&gt; (3-1) were expected, they stepped up their game to beat &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/brazil-t146535&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Brazil&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;(2-3) and Republic of &lt;strong&gt;Korea&lt;/strong&gt; (2-3). Their only loss was against Serbia (3-0) but their 8 points were enough to reach the knockout round.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Meanwhile, the USA finished ato of &lt;strong&gt;Pool B&lt;/strong&gt; but no without suffering against some teams. They won easily against &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/argentina-t30&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Argentina&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/a&gt;and&lt;strong&gt; China&lt;/strong&gt;, both games 3-0, but they had to fight in the five sets against&lt;strong&gt; Turkey &lt;/strong&gt;and&lt;strong&gt; Italy &lt;/strong&gt;(3-2), while they lost 0-3 to the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC). Now, they will try to take down their next rivals to made it to the semifinals.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;Dominican Republic vs USA:&amp;nbsp; Match Information&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Date: &lt;/strong&gt;Tuesday, August 4, 2021.&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Time: &lt;/strong&gt;12:00 AM (ET)&lt;br&gt; &lt;strong&gt;Location:&lt;/strong&gt; Ariake Arena, Tokyo.&lt;span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Dominican Republic vs USA: Times by State in the US&lt;/h2&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Dominican Republic vs USA: Storylines&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;US Women&rsquo;s national team&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;strong&gt;Dominican Republic &lt;/strong&gt;have faced each other in 13&amp;nbsp;matches, with the USA winning 11&amp;nbsp;of them. The Dominican Republic have only won two times against the Americans. One of those victories came in their most recent encounter at the Norceca Championships in 2019. Their last match took place in May, at the&amp;nbsp;FIVB Volleyball Nations League, with &lt;strong&gt;USA winning 3-0.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The winner of this match will play the winner of Korea/Turkey in the semifinals and is guaranteed a chance to play for a medal. Before facing their next rivals, US head coach &lt;strong&gt;Karch Kiraly&lt;/strong&gt; said that Domincan Republic team is &ldquo;very physical&rdquo; so the United States have &ldquo;got to be in good spots there.&rdquo;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;USA won&rsquo;t have &lt;strong&gt;Jordan Thompson&lt;/strong&gt;, who had been leading the team in scoring, as she injured her ankle during the match against ROC. Also setter &lt;strong&gt;Jordyn Poulter&lt;/strong&gt; got hurt when she landed on a teammate's foot during a win over Italy on Monday. However, those roles are going to be for setter Micah Hancock and opposite Annie Drews.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;h2&gt;How to watch or stream Dominican Republic vs USA in the US&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;This quaterfinal match to be played between the US women&rsquo;s national team and Dominican Republic for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games will be broadcasted in the US by &lt;strong&gt;NBC Sports&lt;/strong&gt; and&lt;strong&gt; NBC Olympics.&lt;/strong&gt; Also it can be streamed on&lt;strong&gt; NBCOlympics.com and NBCSports.com.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Dominican Republic vs USA: Predictions And Odds&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Oddsmakers in the US have already made their predictions for this match. The odds are in favor of the USA, with -1900. Meanwhile, Dominican Republic have odds of +1000. Team USA is the favorite to reach the semifinals.&lt;/p&gt; 
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Dominican Republic vs USA: Predictions, odds and how to watch women's volleyball at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in the US

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Olympic Games&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, as the biggest sporting event, are the perfect place for athletes to push boundaries and achieve great feats. That&rsquo;s why it is not surprising that many records have been broken in the Games throughout history. But what about two&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/sydney-mclaughlin-vs-dalilah-muhammad-the-story-of-the-400m-hurdles-record-20210801-0019.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;records&lt;/a&gt; breaking in the same competition? That was what happened in the men&rsquo;s triple jump event in &lt;strong&gt;Atlanta 1996.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;First, it&rsquo;s safe to point out that there&rsquo;s a difference between &lt;strong&gt;World records&lt;/strong&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/tokyo-2020-what-do-or-and-wr-mean-in-the-olympics-20210729-0008.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Olympic records&lt;/strong&gt;.&lt;/a&gt; World records can be made at the Olympics or any other athletic competitions, such as world championships or trials. However, an Olympic record can only be made at the Olympic Games.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;With that said, it&rsquo;s time to check the story of the three longest Olympic triple jumps of all time. Prior to the 1996 Atlanta Games, British &lt;strong&gt;Jonathan Edwards&lt;/strong&gt; set the world record a year before with a &lt;strong&gt;18.29 jump &lt;/strong&gt;in the world championships. However, the Olympic record was set at 17.63 in Barcelona 1992 by American &lt;strong&gt;Mike Conley.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;What&rsquo;s the story of the men&rsquo;s triple jump Olympic record?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Coming into the competition, &lt;strong&gt;Jonathan Edwards&lt;/strong&gt; not only had the world record but also was the only man to have jumped 18 meters. However, in the qualifying of the triple jump event he struggled to reach the 17 meters needed to enter the second round. He finally did and made the final event.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Nevertheless, the spotlight was for another jumper, American &lt;strong&gt;Kenny Harrison&lt;/strong&gt;. In the final, Harrison became the second best jumper in history (at the time) with a 17.99. Not happy with that, in his second attempt, he jumped &lt;strong&gt;18.09m&lt;/strong&gt;, to become the second man over the 18m and set a new &lt;strong&gt;Olympic record&lt;/strong&gt;. On the other hand, Edwards jumped 17.88 meters to win silver that night.&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Nobody has broken either Edwards world record nor Harrison Olympic record. The closest to the world record has been&lt;strong&gt; &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/tokyo-2020-why-isnt-christian-taylor-competing-at-the-olympics-20210802-0019.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Christian Taylor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; with a 18.21 jump in the world championships in 2017. On the women&rsquo;s side, the triple jump Olympic and World record is for Venezuelan &lt;strong&gt;Yulimar Rojas&lt;/strong&gt;, who just broke it with a 15.67m jump to surpass 1995 &lt;strong&gt;Inessa Kravets&lt;/strong&gt; world record of 15.50m.&lt;/p&gt; 
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Olympics: The story behind the longest triple jump in the Games history

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Olympic Games&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;are underway and there&rsquo;s still many disciplines to be decided. Track and field athletes are getting their moment to shine in&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/olympic-games-united-states-medals-table-tokyo-2020-20210726-0022.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/olympic-games-united-states-medals-table-tokyo-2020-20210726-0022.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Tokyo 2020&lt;/a&gt;. &lt;/strong&gt;However, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/tokyo-2020-wow-many-us-athletes-are-in-the-olympics-20210725-0011.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American &lt;strong&gt;Christian Taylor&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; won&rsquo;t be competing in the triple jump event this year.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Taylor, 30, is one of the most successful track and field athletes in the world. He&rsquo;s not only the &lt;strong&gt;2012 and 2016 Olympic &lt;/strong&gt;triple jump champion, but also he has won the world title in the event in 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019. During that stretch, he changed his&lt;strong&gt; &lt;/strong&gt;takeoff leg.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The move favored him as he achieved the second-farthest triple jump in history with 18.21 meters. He was close to surpassing &lt;strong&gt;Jonathan &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Edwards&lt;/strong&gt;&rsquo; world record of 18.29 meters from 1995. Unfortunately, he can&rsquo;t attempt to do so in Tokyo. Check out the reasons.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Why isn&rsquo;t Christian Taylor competing in Tokyo 2020?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Taylor&amp;nbsp;is missing&amp;nbsp;the Olympics after&lt;strong&gt; rupturing an Achilles&lt;/strong&gt; at a meet in May. His fianc&eacute;e, Austrian hurdler Beate Schrott, announced the news on her Instagram page saying that Taylor had to undergo surgery. Then, Taylor confirmed the news in a statement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&ldquo;I am disappointed to not be able to go for my third consecutive Olympic gold in Tokyo, but I will be back,&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt; Taylor said in his statement according to NBCOlympics.com . &lt;em&gt;&ldquo;I have 426 days until triple jump at &lt;strong&gt;Eugene 2022&lt;/strong&gt; [World Championships] and I am already setting my target on that podium.&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Taylor was injured during a takeoff while attempting a triple jump at the Ostrava Golden Spike in the Czech Republic. Then, he had&lt;strong&gt; surgery in Germany.&lt;/strong&gt; Without Taylor, American Will Claye, 29, is the favorite after winning silver at the last two Olympics.&lt;/p&gt; 
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Tokyo 2020: Why isn't Christian Taylor competing at the Olympics?

&lt;p&gt;At the &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tokyo 2020 Olympics&lt;/strong&gt;,&lt;/a&gt; the 800m will find a new&amp;nbsp;champion&amp;nbsp;as South African &lt;strong&gt;Caster Semenya&lt;/strong&gt;, two-time &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/olympic-games-united-states-medals-table-tokyo-2020-20210726-0022.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;Olympic gold champion&lt;/a&gt;, won&rsquo;t be running. The 30 year-old athlete has been one of the most successful in track and field over the past decade despite having to endure prejudice and stigma throughout her career.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Semenya was born an &lt;strong&gt;intersex woman&lt;/strong&gt;, as she was identifed as female at birth. However, as she produces naturally elevated testosterone levels, she has been questioned since she won the World Championship in 2009. She&amp;nbsp;was forced to undergo sex testing, a practice that is considered&amp;nbsp;by many experts as discriminatory, until she finally could run again.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;In her 12-year career, however, she won two &lt;strong&gt;Olympic golds&lt;/strong&gt; and three world championship titles. According to the AP, she has only competed free of restrictions&amp;nbsp;of any kind in three of those 12 years. And now, due to new regulations from the world track and field governing body, Semenya can&rsquo;t defend her gold in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/tokyo-2020-wow-many-us-athletes-are-in-the-olympics-20210725-0011.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tokyo.&lt;/strong&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Why isn&rsquo;t Caster Semenya at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Semenya&rsquo;s road to Tokyo 2020 had a massive set back when in 2018, World Athletics introduced a new rule in order to prevent female athletes with conditions called &lt;strong&gt;differences of sex development (DSDs)&lt;/strong&gt;, such as Semenya, to compete in races from 400m to one mile. As the rules don't apply to the 100m and 200m events or the long-distance events, Semenya tried to qualify in the 5000m for Tokyo, but&lt;strong&gt; came up short.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;The governing body argues that athletes with higher testosterone levels than the typical female range give them an &lt;strong&gt;unfair advantage&lt;/strong&gt;, although strangely only in middle-distance races. So, they demand that athletes with DSDs have to lower their &lt;strong&gt;testosterone levels&lt;/strong&gt; artificially. This can be done by taking birth control pills, having hormone-blocking injections or undergoing surgery.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;However, Semenya, among other athletes, has refused to do so. She believes that she can&rsquo;t be forced to take drugs as she doesn&rsquo;t cheat. Since these rules left her out of the World Championship in 2019, she tried to appeal them at the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the Swiss supreme court but without success, and now she&rsquo;s appealing at &lt;strong&gt;European Court of Human Rights.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
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Tokyo 2020: Why is Caster Semenya not competing at the Olympics?

&lt;p&gt;The &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/olympic-games-t156666&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tokyo 2020 Olympics&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; are underway and track and field stars are already competing, but some of the&lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/olympic-games-top-25-most-impressive-summer-olympics-records-20210622-0008.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt; record-holders&lt;/a&gt; at different events won&rsquo;t be taking part in the Games. That&rsquo;s the case of Kenyan &lt;strong&gt;David Rudisha&lt;/strong&gt;, who set the world record at 800m in London 2012.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Rudisha, 32, is considered as the greatest 800m runner in history. His performance at the London 2012 Olympics was the best of that year. He lowered his world record to &lt;strong&gt;1:40.91,&lt;/strong&gt; leading from the break in the final, having already run heats and a semi-final.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Seb Coe&lt;/strong&gt;, a former 800m world-record holder and London 2012 chairman, said that it was the &lt;em&gt;&ldquo;performance of the Games&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;. Rudisha returned to win gold in Rio 2016, becoming the first to repeat gold in the 800m since New Zealand&rsquo;s &lt;strong&gt;Peter Snell&lt;/strong&gt; in 1964. However, he won&rsquo;t extend that run in &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/dealing-with-pressure-from-simone-biles-to-serena-williams-a-list-of-sports-stars-who-had-to-take-a-break-20210728-0016.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Tokyo.&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; Here, check out why.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
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&lt;h2&gt;Why isn't David Rudisha competing at Tokyo 2020?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/h2&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Rudisha hasn't been competing internationally since &lt;strong&gt;2017&lt;/strong&gt; as he has suffered &lt;strong&gt;several injuries&lt;/strong&gt; in his four-year absence. Although he confirmed to the BBC that he wanted to qualify for the Tokyo Olympics in March, later his agent confirmed that he wasn&rsquo;t going to do so.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;&lt;em&gt;&ldquo;I can&rsquo;t comment on his future at the moment and whether he will compete in 2022 or not,&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt; Rudisha&rsquo;s agent wrote in an email published by NBCOlympics.com. &lt;em&gt;&ldquo;He is currently contemplating on what he wants to do next.&rdquo;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/p&gt; 
&lt;p&gt;Since Rudisha&rsquo;s last race (July 4, 2017), he has suffered from a quad muscle strain and back problems. Also, he almost &lt;strong&gt;lost his life&lt;/strong&gt; in a car crash in August, 2019 and then had to undergo surgery for a broken ankle. Without Rudisha competing, &lt;a href=&quot;https://bolavip.com/en/sports/tokyo-2020-wow-many-us-athletes-are-in-the-olympics-20210725-0011.html&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;American &lt;strong&gt;Donavan Brazier&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, who won the 2019 World title, is favorite to take gold.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; 
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