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2006-06-05 06:37 |
FIVB官方文章
Kerri Walsh & Misty May Repeat Olympic Triumph at Infote Athens Open
Kerri Walsh 和 Misty May 在Infote雅典公开赛中重复奥运会的胜利 [/COLOR]
Athens, Greece, 4 June 2006 C Back in the familiar surroundings of the Olympic Beach Volleyball Centre of Athens, where, two years ago, they won the gold medal of the 2004 Olympic Games, the USA’s Kerri Walsh and Misty May thrashed China’s Ji Linjun and Lu Wang 2-0 (21-14, 21-14) in just 30 minutes, to clinch the gold medal at the Infote Athens Open of the 2006 Swatch-FIVB World Tour. The winners of the final added $32,000 to their earnings, with the runners-up getting $22,000. Walsh was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
“We were steady and avoided making errors,” said Kerry Walsh immediately after the match. “We played our game and proved once more that we’re the top team.” “We’d like to thank the Greek fans for their support,” added Misty May. “We’re so glad to have won one more gold medal.”
“我们作好了准备,避免犯错误。”Walsh赛后马上说道。“我们打我们的比赛,并且再次证明我们是最强的。”“我们衷心感谢希腊球迷的支持”May补充说,“再次获得金牌我们真的很高兴。”[/COLOR]
This was the first gold medal of the season for the reigning Olympic and World Champions, who had been upset by Brazil’s Juliana Felisberta Silva and Larissa França in the final of the opening event of the season, at Modena.
This time around, Juliana and Larissa were not even in the final, following an upset defeat in the semis to Ji Linjun and Lu Wang. But the second-seeded Brazilians extended their head-to-head record against the USA’s Rachel Wacholder and Elaine Youngs to 6-1, defeating the Americans 2-0 (21-16, 26-24) in 49 minutes to win the bronze. Youngs clocked the fastest serve of the Athens tournament, at 77.7 kilometres per hour and received the Swatch Serve Award, but this was not enough to dethrone França from the top position (which she holds from last weeks Shaghai Open, with 80.0 kph).
“This is the third medal that we win on Greek soil,” said Larissa after the game. “We’re very happy, but next year we want to win the gold.”
The women’s Swatch-FIVB World Tour reconvenes 20-25 June at Gstaad, for a Grand Slam event. |
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