onemansportsnetwork.com » China wins first Olympic beach volleyball medal http://onemansportsnetwork.com Mon, 12 Sep 2011 12:02:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 China wins first Olympic beach volleyball medal http://onemansportsnetwork.com/china-wins-first-olympic-beach-volleyball-medal http://onemansportsnetwork.com/china-wins-first-olympic-beach-volleyball-medal#comments Thu, 21 Aug 2008 03:16:33 +0000 rob http://onemansportsnetwork.com/?p=370 China has made beach volleyball history by winning their first Olympic beach volleyball medal as Xue Chen and Zhang Xi defeated the Brazilian pairing of Renata Ribeiro and Talita Rocha in the bronze medal playoff.

The final score was 21-19, 21-17. In the first set it was a close tussle. The biggest lead came at 15-12 in favour of the Chinese. The Brazilians then ran off four straight points to lead 16-15. It then went point for point until 19-19. Here the Chinese grabbed two points to take the first set.

The second set saw the Chinese play from in front. It got as close as 18-17 late in the set before they took the last three points to make history as the first Chinese pairing to win a medal in beach volleyball at the Olympics.

Beach volleyball over the years has been dominated by teams from the USA and Brazil.

The final involves top seeds Tian Jia and Wang Jie of China playing the no. 2 seeds Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States.

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