![]() Water polo: US, Netherlands to contest final
(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-08-20 08:34 The United States battled its way into the final of the Olympic women's water polo yesterday with a 9-8 victory over archrival Australia. Brenda Villa scored a stunning goal in the last minute to set up a clash against the Netherlands, which defeated Hungary 8-7 in the other semi-final. The Australians came back from 8-5 down at the end of the third quarter to level at 8-all but then came Villa's winning goal. The US, however, will be without key player Lauren Wenger for the final. She broke a bone in her right hand during the semifinals. The other semi-final was equally close. Hungary took an early 2-0 lead against the Netherlands, which had beaten Olympic champion Italy on Sunday in a penalty shoot-out. But Lefke van Belkum and Marieke van den Ham scored three goals apiece and powered the Dutch ahead. They kept the advantage through a stamina-sapping last quarter. In the first match of the day, China took fifth spot by beating defending Olympic champion Italy 10-7. Agencies (China Daily 08/20/2008 page14) |
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