China wins bronze at Beach Volleyball Worlds
(crienglish.com)
Updated: 2005-06-27 08:51

China's Wang Fei and Tian Jia snatched the bronze medal at the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Berlin, Germany.

They beat Cuba's Dalixia Fernandez Grasset and Tamara Larrea Peraza 21-13, 21-17 to give China its first world championship medal.

Wang played with a torn thigh muscle that had forced the fifth-seeded Chinese to abandon their semifinal against Americans Misty May and Kerri Walsh.

The Cubans led 9-7, but the Chinese rallied to score seven points and secured the bronze medal.

The Chinese pair had ousted Brazil's second-seeded Shelda Bede and Adriana Behar to reach the last four.

Defending champion May and Walsh reclaimed the gold medal after beating their Brazilian opponents 21-27, 21-27 in the final.