Seoul 2008 Women's Open may 13-18
Seoul will host the second of three-straight women's SWATCH-FIVB World Tour events in Asia as the world's best Beach Volleyball to the South Korean capital for the second-straight season. The 2007 SWATCH-FVB World Tour event in Seoul was the country's first international Beach Volleyball event in 10 seasons after Pusan hosted women's events for three years (1995-1997). Natalie Cook, Australia's three-time Olympian and Sydney 2000 gold medal winner, captured the inaugural Seoul stop last season with new partner Tamsin Barnett as the pair upset top-seeded Jia Tian and Jie Wang of China 21-19 and 21-19 in the 44-minute finale. Pictured left are 2007 Seoul gold medal winners Barnett (left) and Cook.
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