China & USA Claim Olympic Beach Volleyball Women's "Final Four" Berths

17.08.08 - 13:26 ... source : FIVB

... Misty May-Treanor (left) and Kerri Walsh celebrate an Olympic win for the United States Beijing, China, August 17, 2008 - The top two-seeded teams from China and the United States in the women’s Beach Volleyball competition at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games secured their spots in the "final four" here Sunday morning at the 12,200-seat Chaoyang Park Beach Volleyball Ground. Led by reigning Olympic champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States and top-seeded Jia Tian and Jie Wang of China, Sunday’s first two quarter-final winners will be watching during the Chaoyang Park evening session to learn their opposition for Tuesday’s semi-finals as teams from Australia, Brazil, China and United States vie for the final two "final four" spots. In winning their 12-straight Olympic matches since the Athens 2004 Summer Games, the second-seeded May-Treanor and Walsh advanced to the Beijing 2008 Ol ...» Next (HTML)