Glory For
Cyprus Beach Girls
LIMASSOL,
5 June 2009 - Cyprus' Mariota Aggelopoulou and Manolina
Constantinou were soaking up the applause on Friday
after defeating Monaco in the final of the Women's Beach
Volleyball final in Limassol.
The hosts took the game to gold medal
holders Monaco winning 2-0 and erupted into celebrations
on the sand in front of around 800 home supporters after
the game.
Teenagers Aggelopoulou and Constantinou,
who were undefeated throughout the XIII Games of the
Small States of Europe, sailed past the challenge of
Magalie Muratore and Caroline Van Klaveren in the first
set 21-12 before continuing to dominate in the second
set to win 21-18.
Third place and the bronze medal went to
Luxembourg’s Norma Zambon and Jeanne Schneider who beat
Bettina Mahr and Petra Walser of Liechtenstein 2-0
(23-21, 21-14) in the playoff encounter which lasted 40
minutes.
PC/JL
