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Williams Sisters Defeat Spain For Gold Medal In Doubles

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August 17, 2008 05:19 AM EST | AP

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Serena and Venus Williams of the United States react after they beat Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2, 6-0 during their Gold medal doubles match of the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Sunday, Aug. 17, 2008. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

BEIJING — Venus and Serena Williams of the United States have won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles.

The Williamses beat the Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual, 6-2, 6-0 in Sunday's final.

The American sisters, seeded second, shrieked when Ruano Pascual sent the championship point long. Then they jumped for joy and hugged each other.

The Sunday win improves the sisters' Olympic record to 10-0 and gives them their second gold medal. The Williamses won the doubles event at the Sydney Games but didn't play Athens because Serena was hurt.

BEIJING — Venus and Serena Williams of the United States have won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. The Williamses beat the Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascu...
BEIJING — Venus and Serena Williams of the United States have won the Olympic gold medal in women's doubles. The Williamses beat the Spanish duo Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascu...
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- GhiaccioPronto I'm a Fan of GhiaccioPronto 20 fans permalink

Russians sweep womens singles, not newsworty

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:44 AM on 08/18/2008
- amkhussein I'm a Fan of amkhussein permalink

Great picture of Venus. Go sisters!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 01:41 AM on 08/18/2008
- lotuslike I'm a Fan of lotuslike 8 fans permalink

Congratulations to the superb Williams sisters!!! You have AGAIN made us all sooo proud!

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 04:45 PM on 08/17/2008
- dkm I'm a Fan of dkm 2 fans permalink

Who was seeded first and what happened to them?

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 12:49 PM on 08/17/2008
- KoolAidAmerica I'm a Fan of KoolAidAmerica 17 fans permalink
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safina kuznetsova were seeded first and they lost in the quarters due to having to play against a chinese team at 3:45 am in the morning
the chinese did a real bad scheduling to help the chinese team to win because safina had to play many matches back to back and was tired during that match

    Favorite    Flag as abusive Posted 06:19 PM on 08/17/2008
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