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came the capital of the world. Ending the
tournament with eight wins out of eight, the
American team regained the gold medal it
had lost in Seoul.
While the American men’s team was the
talk of the Games, the rise of the women’s
team was halted by the Unified Team in a
hard-fought match which ended 79-73. The
shock to the Americans’ morale was all the
greater since the titleholders had been behind
throughout the match, in particular thanks to
Natalia Zassoulskaïa, who scored twenty
points. To win the bronze, the Americans
then had to play the Cubans, when their victory
was revenge for the last Panamerican
Games. The Cubans had beaten the Unified
Team by two points, before finally being
ousted by the Chinese, 109-70, in the semifinal.
The final brought together the Unified
Team and the Chinese, a match once again
dominated by Zassoulskaïa, the best under
the basket, scoring 19 decisive points towards
a final score of 76-66.
Dames - Women - Mujeres
* Classement final - Final standing - Clasificación final
1. EUN 5. ESP
2. CHN 6.TCH
3. USA 7. BRA
4. CUB 8. ITA
Demi-finales - Semi finals - Semifinales
EUN-USA 79-73
CHN-CUB
Finales - Finals
109-70
1-2 EUN-CHN 76-66
3-4 USA-CUB 88-74
5-6 ESP-TCH 59-58
7-8 BRA-ITA 86-83
1. EUN:
Elena Jirko, Elena Baranova, lrina Guerlits, Elena Tornikidou,
Elena Chvaibovitch, Marina Tkatchenko, lrina
Minkh, Elena Khoudachova, lrina Soumnikova, Elen
Bounatiants, Natalia Zassoulskaïa, Svetlana Zaboloueva.
2. CHN:
Xuedi Cong, Xin Li, Jun Liu, Fang Wang, Dongmei
Zheng, Jun He, Ping Peng, Haixia Zheng, Xiulin
Zheng, Dongmei Li, Quing Liu, Shuping Zhan.
3. USA:
Teresa Edwards, Daedra Charles, Clarissa Davis,
Tammy Jackson, Teresa Weatherspoon, Vickie Orr,
Vicky Bullett, Carolyn Jones, Katrina F. McClain,
Medina Dixon, Cynthia Cooper, Suzie McConnell.
PALAU D’ESPORTS
BADALONA
Natalia Zassoulskaïa.
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