Following in the footsteps of the Chinese Olympic gold medal winning women's volleyball team at the Rio Olympics, Shanxi University's women's beach volleyball team took home third place in the physical institution category of China's 12th Beach Volleyball tournament recently.

Another Shanxi University team also picked up a fourth place in the highly-ranked group B.

The event, held at Inner Mongolia's Resonant Sand Gorge, took place over six exciting days of competition organized by the Federation of University Sports in China. It attracted some 120 volleyball teams from 55 universities from across the country.

Members of Shanxi University's women's beach volleyball team receive their awards.