Phuket, Thailand, November 4, 2007 - In the first All-American women’s finale on the SWATCH-FIVB World Tour since August 2005, reigning Olympic and three-time world champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh tied the international Beach Volleyball mark for most team gold medals here Sunday by winning the US$200,000 Phuket Thailand Open powered by ptt.
With a 21-18, 16-21 and 15-13 win in 58 minutes over fourth-seeded Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs, May-Treanor and Walsh secured the $32,000 first-place prize while capturing their 31st SWATCH-FIVB World Tour gold medal to tie the record established by the legendary Brazilian pair of Adriana Behar and Shelda Bede.
Sunday’s gold medal victory was also the 41st-straight SWATCH win this season for May-Treanor and Walsh, who won seven of their eight FIVB starts this season with a 53-1 match mark and $309,500 in earnings. The American’s only FIVB setback was in the semi-finals at the Norwegian grand slam in Stavanger where China’s Jia Tian and Jie Wang posted a 21-19 and 21-19 win over May-Treanor and Walsh.
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