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Olympic Survey (Sept 27)
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| Yugoslav volleyball players celebrate their triumph |
Yugoslavia beat the Netherlands 3-2
(25-21, 18-25, 25-18, 30-32, 17-15) on Wednesday, to qualify for the
seminals of the Sydney Olympic volleyball tournament.
Defending Olympic champions the Netherlands could not surive a similar five-set marathon falling to Yugoslavia.
Yugoslavia, the 1996 silver medalist, used its powerful and well-timed blocking to get past the Netherlands.
The Yugoslavs grudgingly surrendered the fourth game, taking the Dutch to eight games points before losing. On match point, blockers Andrija Geric and Ivan Miljkovic stuffed Dutch hitter Guido Gortzen for the third time in the game.
"I did not expect Netherlands to play so well," said Yugoslavia's Goran Vujevic. "With a little luck, we managed to win. Netherlands deserve to be in the semis."
In the semifinals, Yugoslavia plays Italy on Friday.
Quarterfinals - Results
YUGOSLAVIA - Netherlands 3-2 (25-21 18-25 25-18 30-32 17-15)
Argentina - Brazil 3-1
Italy - Australia 3-1
Russia - Cuba 3-2
Semi-finals - Septembar 29
Argentina - Russia
YUGOSLAVIA - Italy
Having defeated Hungary 10-9 (3-3, 2-3, 3-2, 2-1) in the last, 5th round, Yugoslavia won the first place in the group B of the Olympic water polo tournament in Sydney.
In the quarterfinal match, which is to be held on September 29, Yugoslavia will play Australia, the 4th team from group A.
As expected, the match with the Hungarians was marked by great, uncertain and fierce battle till the last minute.
Hungary moved ahead 8-6 in the third quarter on Tamas Kasas' second goal. But Viktor Jelenic and Veljko Uskokovic tied it less than two minutes later.
Tibor Benedek again gave Hungary a lead with 5:22 remaining and again it was Uskokovic who drew Yugoslavia even with his inside shot from the right side at 1:20.
A Hungarian turnover sent the ball back for Yugoslavia's last possession.
The Yugoslavs worked the ball around until finding Sapic alone on the right side. He pumped twice and shot it through as the horn sounded.
"We got back in the game after losing by 3 points, and we have never before been able to do something like that. I think that is a great achievement in this moment. Before that, we finally defeated the Hungarians, so we can have calm preparations for the quarterfinal match", Yugoslav player Aleksandar Sapic said.
RESULTS - September 27
Group A
Australia - Spain 7-7
Italy - Kazakhstan 13-7
Russia - Slovakia 21-5
Group A - Final Standings
Russia 5 4 1 0 51-28 9
Italy 5 4 1 0 43-32 9
Spain 5 2 1 2 32-34 5
Australia 5 1 2 2 38-36 4
Kazakhstan 5 1 1 3 41-46 3
Slovakia 5 0 0 5 30-59 0
Group B
US - Greece 9-3
Croatia - Netherlands 11-7
YUGOSLAVIA - Hungary 10-9 (2-1 3-2 2-3 3-3)
Scorers for Yugoslavia: Viktor Jelenic 2, Aleksandar Sapic 2, Veljko
Uskokovic 2, Dejan Savic 2, Predrag Zimonjic and Vladimir
Vujasinovic. Scorers for Hungary: Tamas Kasas 2, Zsolt Varga 2, Rajmund Fodor,
Barnabas Steinmetz, Tamas Molnar, Tibor Benedek, Gergely Kiss.
Group B - Final Standings
YUGOSLAVIA 5 4 1 0 41-22 9
Croatia 5 4 1 0 42-30 9
Hungary 5 3 0 2 49-39 6
US 5 2 0 3 42-39 4
Netherlands 5 1 0 4 34-55 2
Greece 5 0 0 5 22-45 0
Quarterfinals - September 29
Russia - US
Italy - Hungary
Spain - Croatia
Australia - YUGOSLAVIA
Classification matches
September 29
Kazakhstan - Greece
Slovakia - Netherlands
September 30
Kazakhstan - Slovakia
Netherlands - Greece
October 1
Slovakia - Greece
Kazakhstan - Netherlands
Having won the 3rd place in the first preliminary heat, Yugoslav kayaker Ognjen Filipovic managed to qualify for the 500m semifinal of the Olympic Games.
Filipovic finished the race with the time of 1:43,09.
Yugoslav woman kayaker Natasa Janic qualified for the women's 500m Olympic semifinal.
Our kayaker finished the race in 1:54,39, thus winning the 5th place in the preliminary round heat 2. She managed to qualify for the semifinals on the basis of the results.
Men's 500m kayak singles preliminary round - Heat 1
1. Akos Vereckei (Hungary) 1:42.08
2. Ian Wynne (Britain) 1:42.77
3. Ognjen Filipovic (Yugoslavia) 1:43.09
4. Robert Erban (Slovakia) 1:43.10
5. Antonio Scaduto (Italy) 1:43.28
6. Anders Svensson (Sweden) 1:43.34
7. Alvydas Duonela (Lithuania) 1:43.87
8. Roger Caumo (Brazil) 1:49.95
Women's Canoe/Kayak Sprint K1 500m Heats Race 2
1 IDEM GUERRINI Josefa (ITA) 1:49.889
2 KOBAN Rita (HUN) 1:50.777
3 NORTJE Ruth (RSA) 1:51.047
5 JANIC Natasa (YUG) 1:54.395
Olivera Jevtic (1L) competes in her first heat
of the first round 10000-meter race
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Best Yugoslav woman athlete Olivera Jevtic qualified for the 10,000m final at the Sydney Olympics after wining the 4th place in the first round heat.
Jevtic has reached the finishing line in 32:06,54.
Having won the 7th, next to last place in the 6th preliminary heat, Yugoslav athlete Mila Savic failed to qualify for the 200m semifinal at the Sydney Olympics.
Mila Savic has finished the race with the time of 24,12.
Women's Athletics 200m Round 1 Heat 6 - Results
1 ONYALI-OMAGBEMI Mary (NGR) 22.90
2 FERGUSON Debbie (BAH) 23.19
3 MULRAIN Sabrina (GER) 23.31
7 SAVIC Mila (YUG) 24.12
Women's Athletics 10.000m semifinal Heat 1
1 TULU Derartu ETH 32:06.19
2 LOROUPE Tegla KEN 32:06.41
3 RIBEIRO Fernanda POR 32:06.43
4 JEVTIC Olivera YUG 32:06.54
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