Spearheading the resurgence of Japanese men's volleyball, captain and star attacker Yuki Ishikawa has reason to believe his team can end their 52-year absence from the Olympic podium with a gold medal in Paris this summer.The 28-year-old outside hitter has played in Italy's Serie A since 2014, debuting while still in university, and has been the talisman for a Japanese men's program that faced uncertainty after missing both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics and only qualifying in 2021 as the Tokyo Games host.Ishikawa, who instigated overseas moves for countrymen including Ran Takahashi and Yuji Ni…READ FULL ARTICLE
