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Representing the beach — Olympic champions

By Kevin Roderick | August 20, 2008 11:45 PM

Walsh and May-Treanor
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor win gold again. Straight sets. In a rainstorm. Perfectly matched team of athletes. 'Nuff said.

Add Misty: As she did in Athens, May-Treanor marked the victory in Beijing by spreading her mother's ashes on the Olympic sand.

Photo: AP / Natacha Pisarenko via Yahoo


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