Justine Wong-Orantes Shares Her Journey To Becoming Team USA’s Olympic Libero & Bringing Home The Gold!

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🗓️ 25 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Justine Wong-Orantes is a libero for the USA Women’s National Volleyball team and shocked the world when she earned the “Best Libero” award after her gold medal winning performance in the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games! Justine played at the University of Nebraska where she was a two time All-American, two time Big Ten Defensive Player of the Year, National Champion, AND finished her career as Nebraska's all-time career digs leader. (Yep, ICONIC!) After college she joined the United States national team where she spent three years competing vigorously for that one spot in the Tokyo 2020 games. After years of hard work and late nights in the gym, Justine was named the best libero of the 2021 FIVB Volleyball Nations League tournament and finally solidified her roster spot to be an Olympina. She led the games in serve reception percentage and helped the US Women's National Volleyball team bring home their first ever gold medal! In this episode, Justine shares her entire journey to the olympics games, covering everything from her first game as a libero in high-school to the emotional team huddle before winning gold. Whether you’re a die hard volleyball fan or just somebody trying to achieve your dreams, this episode is proof that hard work and dedication pays off!

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0:35.8	And so then after he has it said that, he said, congratulations, you're going to be an Olympian.
0:41.2	And I just started bawling. I was so emotional.
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1:18.4	I'm sure all my volleyballers out there are so freaking excited because today,
1:24.3	we are being graced by the one and only, Justine Wong Orantes.
1:29.8	Olympic gold medalist, Libero for the USA women's volleyball team that just dominated in Tokyo.
1:38.7	Now being a volleyballer and a Libero myself, I am a huge fan of Justines.
1:44.1	And I was literally dying to sit down with her and just ask her, I mean, every single question in
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