Wild Celebrations as Hosts Argentina Win Women’s Beach Handball Gold at Youth Olympic Games Buenos Aires 2018. Spain Win Men’s Gold
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STORY HEADLINE: WILD CELEBRATIONS AS HOSTS ARGENTINA WIN WOMEN’S BEACH HANDBALL GOLD AT YOUTH OLYMPIC GAMES BUENOS AIRES 2018. SPAIN WIN MEN’S GOLD
DATE: 13 October, 2018
LOCATION: Buenos Aires, Argentina
LANGUAGE: English, Spanish
STORY SCRIPT:
Argentina’s women’s beach handball team claimed Youth Olympic Games gold – beating Croatia – and sparking scenes of wild celebration in Parque Sarmiento.
The hosts won the first period 14-10. In the second period Argentina built up an 18-12 lead with three minutes remaining. Croatia staged a late fight back, closing to 18-16 with 15 seconds left on the clock.
But they were unable to score again, and Argentina duly won the second period 18-16 to win the match 2-0 and secure the gold medal.
In the men’s final, Spain won the first period 19-14, thanks to some impressive ‘spin shots’ on goal, earning them double points. They went into the half-time break looking confident of victory. But the Portuguese fought back to force a tie by winning the second period 18-16.
That meant a penalty shoot-out to decide the winner. There was a succession of double point scoring shots on goal from both sides. But crucially, Portugal’s Miguel Neves missed his shot on goal.
Sergio Perez-Manzanares stepped up to fire home the winning score, a 9-6 shoot-out victory. His successful shot on goal brought joy to the Spanish players and coaches, despair to the Portuguese.
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