The United States rallied from a two-set deficit against Russia in volleyball on
Sunday to win the Olympic bronze medal with a 3-2 victory.
Air Jordan
Ireland .Ranked fifth in the world, the Americans won 23-25, 21-25,
25-19, 25-19, 15-13. Matt Anderson spiked for match point against the stunned
Russians.The Americans linked arms in a tight circle and hopped in celebration
as the crowd chanted U-S-A! The victory came the day after the U.S. womens team
also won the Olympic bronze medal.The United States has three gold medals in
mens volleyball, most recently in the 2006 Beijing Games. The Americans won the
bronze in Barcelona in 1992.Russia had three bronze medals in the sport. The
perennial powerhouse has won four gold medals and three silvers since the sport
joined the event in 1964.
Air Jordan Ireland Sale . Carey Price didnt,
but he still came out on top against one of his rivals for the No. 1 job at the
Sochi Games. The Anahim Lake, B.C., native was stellar in making 39 saves in his
home province and Lars Eller got credit for a bizarre short-handed winner as the
Canadiens defeated the Canucks 4-1.
Wholesale Air Jordan . The recently retired
Stern was elected Friday to the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and
will be enshrined with the class of 2014 on Aug.
http://www.airjordanireland.com/ . "I was
fortunate to play many years at this level with a great organization and
unbelievable teammates," said Hejduk in a statement. The story so farWilson
Lionel Garton Jones, grew up watching his uncle, India hockey centre-half OB
Massey, play in a Pune billiards saloon close to his home and was hooked. At the
age of 18, when he was within permissible age to get into the saloon, Jones
burst into prominence. After winning the Evening News of India Snooker
Championship in Bombay, he was offered a job at the House of Vissanji and free
access to the owner RK Vadabhai Vissanjis billiards table. His training schedule
was unrelenting. Jones said he had never missed a practice session in 20 years -
neither weekends nor on holidays. From 1950 onwards he was to be easily the best
billiards player in the country. He made three initial unsuccessful attempts at
the world title - starting with 1951 in London, followed by the world
championships in Calcutta (1952) and Sydney (1954).The moment In 1958, the world
championship returned to Calcutta, where Jones hit his stride. The world
championships until then had been competed for and won largely by Britons,
Australians and South Africans. In Calcuttas Great Eastern Hotel, Jones pulled
off the biggest upset in the world game at the time - not only because he became
the first Asian to win it, but also in the manner he did it. When the final
session began against defending champion Leslie Driffield of England, Jones
trailed by 661 points. Mild-mannered, courteous and gentlemanly away from the
green baize, when Jones was given his chance at the table in Calcutta he turned
into a prowling tiger. He ate into Driffields lead, ahead with only 15 minutes
left, on the back of breaks of 170, 232, 0, 5, 113, 117, 0, 5, 147 and 33.
Driffield returned to the table with nine minutes left, but could go no further
than 69. Jones came back for an unfinished 123 and the world title was finally
his. It made him the first Indian world champion in any sport since the countrys
independence..
Air Jordan Outlet Ireland. The reaction When
the world title came to India for the first time, I can safely say that was the
happiest moment of my life. - Wilson JonesNo other player, professional or
amateur, could have conceded such a big lead and still have beaten me. - Leslie
Driffield, former world billiards championExpert view How he put India on the
map in a game which was the white mans exclusive preserve, the manner in which
he instilled pride in Indian sportspersons and the inspiration he provided to a
whole generation of players who went on to become world beaters at a time when
money did not drive the mare, his contribution cannot be viewed only from the
narrow prism of the three-ball game. His deeds furthered the cause of Indian
sport as a whole to an extent that was remarkable. - Michael Ferreira, former
world billiards championThe story since Wilson Jones unsuccessfully tried to
defend his world title in Edinburgh, 1960, and then attempted to win it for a
second time in 1962 in Perth, but despite close contests against Herbert Beetham
and Bob Marshall, Jones was unable to do so. His time though was to come in
distant Pukehoke, just outside Auckland, New Zealand in 1964. Unbeaten through
the event, he won his second world title in a tournament with a full field, and
was equally delighted at the success of his compatriot, a young player like him
from Bombay, called Michael Ferreira, who finished third. Jones retired in 1967,
after winning his 12th and final national title, beating Ferreira, and having
won five national snooker titles in seven finals. He went on to become a
valuable mentor, guide, coach and critic to the next generation of Indian
cueists - Geet Sethi, Ashok Shandilya, Subhash and OB Agarwal, Devendra Joshi -
could dream to emulate. ' ' '