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It’s induction week at the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in Holyoke, Massachusetts.

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The ceremony is Saturday. Six inductees will join the previous players, coaches, administrators and leaders from 25 countries who have already been enshrined in the museum at the birthplace of volleyball. We have stories on all six, continuing with Yumilka Ruiz of Cuba:

You could argue that the Cuban national women’s volleyball team in the s and early s was the greatest dynasty in the sport’s history.

Consider that the “Caribbean Girls” (Las Morenas del Caribe) won Olympic gold medals in three consecutive Games, which has never happened before or since.

They added a bronze in for good measure and also won World Championships in and

A whopping five members of those dominant Cuban teams are already in the International Volleyball Hall of Fame, along with their coach Eugenio George.