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| Beach Volleyball Gold : Kerri and Misty talk ! |
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[ 21 August 2008 ] BEIJING (AP) — Kerri
Walsh and Misty May-Treanor were prepared for
the downpour, just as they were for a young
Chinese team that was the latest to challenge
their four-year reign over women's beach
volleyball.
"This is just another reason why we play in
bathing suits," May-Treanor said.
Ignoring the rain that drenched their
uniforms and left them squinting into the sky
where the sun should be, Walsh and
May-Treanor won their second consecutive gold
medal Thursday by beating China in straight
sets. It was the 108th consecutive victory
overall and 14th straight at the Olympics for
the Americans, who did not lose a set in
either Athens or Beijing.
"I dreamt about rain last night. It could
have been 500 degrees or 500 below, and we'd
be happy," Walsh said, after beating Wang Jie
and Tian Jia 21-18, 21-18. "The rain makes it
better. We felt like warriors out there."
Known as "Six Feet of Sunshine" for her
bubbly smile, Walsh's personality couldn't
part the clouds that drenched the Chaoyang
Park venue for the bronze- and gold-medal
matches. It was no day to be at the beach —
not for Wang and Tian, and not for the fans
who huddled under pastel ponchos and
umbrellas.
But the 12,200-seat venue was packed, the
dancers in bikinis jiggled to rock music and
the players pressed on without concern for
the weather. The wet and heavy ball forced
them to bump-set instead of doing it over
their heads, and the sometimes driving rain
made it difficult to look up to receive
passes.
It was no problem for the Americans.
And neither were the Chinese.
"The American team is better than we are,"
said Tian, whose country had never won a
beach volleyball medal before picking up a
bronze and a silver at home. "They are more
experienced and stronger. But we have made
great strides for these Olympic Games. This
is the best that we could do."
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will give the
Americans a chance for a gold medal sweep
when they play Fabio and Marcio on Friday in
the men's final. Athens winners Ricardo and
Emanuel will play Renato Gomes and Jorge
Terceira, native Brazilians playing for
Georgia, in the bronze medal match.
Earlier Thursday, in a matchup of the
second-best women's teams from Brazil and
China, Xue Chen and Zhang Xi won the bronze
medal, beating Talita and Renata 21-19,
21-17.
Walsh put an early end to China's hopes for
adding a gold when she quick-hit
May-Treanor's pass between Wang and Tian. The
Americans dropped to their knees on the wet
sand, hugging each other before shaking hands
with the officials and running to the stands
to embrace their friends and families.
Among Walsh's supporters in Beijing was her
husband, Casey Jennings, a fellow beach
volleyball pro who failed to qualify for the
Beijing Games but made the trip anyway to
cheer on his wife. But an hour after the
victory May-Treanor hadn't even talked to her
husband, let alone seen him.
The former Misty May is married to Matt
Treanor, who is a catcher for the Florida
Marlins and thus spends most of his summer
playing and traveling, just like his wife.
The two usually spend just a few days
together from February to November, when both
sports are in season, and that more than
anything else could break up the most
dominant pair in the history of women's beach
volleyball.
"I wouldn't wish it on anybody. But it's the
careers we have and we have to make the best
of it," she said. "I'd like to see my husband
for more than a day. It would be nice to walk
in the door and say, 'Honey, what's for
dinner,' instead of having to make food for
myself."
Both Walsh and May-Treanor said they want to
have babies soon after the games, and if all
goes well they would take 2009 off. That
would still leave them plenty of time to get
back into shape and qualify for the 2012
games in London — if they want to.
"I want to start a family and, like Kerri
said, we're not in a rush to get back,"
May-Treanor said. "Everybody keeps bringing
up 2012, but let us enjoy this one first."
Walsh is eager to return, but she has the
advantage of having her husband with her on
the road. May-Treanor wonders about the
demands of motherhood and how it will fit
with the pro tours and the Olympic
qualification process.
"I'm not done, and I hope Misty isn't done
yet, either," Walsh said. "I can't imagine
playing without her."
May-Treanor finally got to talk to her
husband when she was going through standard
post-match drug testing. He was able to watch
the gold medal match over the Internet from
the visitor's bullpen in San Francisco, where
the Marlins were playing the Giants.
"He cried like a little baby," she said.
Talking to reporters after the Marlins game,
Treanor told reporters he didn't think his
wife's winning streak will ever be topped.
"What she did was special," he said. "You can
say they are the best ever at beach
volleyball."
He'll get no argument from the Chinese.
Tags : beach volleyball Olympics Olympic news Olympian 2008 Beijing China Kerri Walsh Misty May Treanor American United States sand summer game games water suits bathing suit bikini volley ball team gold medal medals medalist medalists women female girl girls woman sport sports U.S. associated press AP |
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