Go for gold
DAY 14 OF THE
OLYMPICS, AND THE US IS LEADING CHINA BY 4 MEDALS. 2 OF WHICH WERE SCORED BY
AMERICANS KERRI WALSH-JENNINGS AND MISTY MAY-TREANOR, THE OLYMPIC ‘GOLDEN
GIRLS’ AND APRIL ROSSS AND JENNIFER KESSY. LAST NIGHT AT HORSE GUARDS PARADE THE
GOLD MEDAL MATCH WAS NOT BETWEEN THE U.S. AND BRAZIL, BUT THE 2 AMERICAN TEAMS.
MAY AND WALSH HAD PREVIOUSLY WON 2 GOLD MEDALS FOR BEACH VOLLEYBALL IN ATHENS
AND BEIJING. THE WERE LOOKING TO KEEP THEIR TITLE RUNNING FOR 3 OLYMPICS, WHICH
NO ONE HAS DONE BEFORE. THE FIRST SET RAN SMOOTHLY, AND A SERVICE ERROR GAVE
MISTY AND KERRI THEIR HARD EARNED MEDAL. KERRI AND MAY DOMINAATED BEACH VOLLEY
BALL, WITH A SCORE OF 42-1 SETS AND 21-O MATCHES.THEY WERE PARTNERS FOR 11
YEARS AND WON 3 CONSECUTIVE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS. MISTY MAY- TREANOR IS DECIDING
TO RETIRE, BUT KERRI IS LOOKING FOR A NEW PARTNER.
STILL, THE GOLDEN GIRLS LEAVE BEHIND A
LEGACY THAT’S HARD TO BEAT.
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