Dutch Olympian Steven Van De Velde, who served over a year in prison for raping a 12-year-old girl, was eliminated from the volleyball competition on Sunday, much to the apparent approval of the crowd, which cheered his loss. Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira, the world’s best volleyball server, led the Brazilian team that defeated Velde and his teammate Matthew Immers. The loss and Van De Velde’s elimination relieved victims’ advocacy groups that had sought his ban from the summer games due to his status as a registered UK sex offender. The Netherlands team has supported the player throughout the…