导出博客文章RIO DE JANEIRO -- The three-peat is officially off for Norway in womens
handball.Widely considered the worlds best team, Norways charge for a third
consecutive Olympic gold ended abruptly in the semifinals Thursday with a 38-37
loss to Russia in extra time after a thrilling and bruising game.I dont have the
words because when I think about the game I want to cry, said Vladlena
Bobrovnikova, Russias top scorer with eight goals, sporting bruises and a long
red cut across her nose. I dont feel the pain, I feel so happy because we have
the final. This victory, its so crazy.Beating Norway, a team that won everything
with Olympic, world and European titles, was particularly sweet. I dont know
how, but we won.Russia will now play France in Saturdays final after the French
beat the Netherlands 24-23 in the first semifinal.Itll be a battle between two
underdogs -- France has not won a medal in its last five major championships,
while Russia has been rebuilding since failing to qualify for the 2013 world
championship.Russia shut down a good start from Norway with a scoring run that
erased an 11-8 deficit and put the team up 15-12 midway through the first half.
While Norway frequently pulled even after that, Russia did not give up the lead
in the rest of regulation.The Russians were heading for a 31-30 win in
regulation but Heidi Loke tied up the game with a goal four seconds from time.
Norway started strongly in extra time, but a two-minute suspension for Ida
Alstad interrupted the flow and let Russia control the pace. When Camilla Herrem
missed a shot to tie up the game for Norway, Russia ran down the clock and
celebrated a famous win.Eleven different players scored for Russia, while Nora
Mork was Norways main attacking threat with 14 goals.While Russia was a silver
medalist in 2008, it had not been among the top teams in recent tournaments.
Unexpected success in Rio has put handball on prime-time state TV slots and
given the game an increased public profile.And coach Evgeny Trefilov and his
colorful outbursts at courtside have gone viral at home. After the opening group
stage game, he said he had wondered whether to hang myself or to hang everyone
else in the dressing room while seven goals down.Upon beating Norway, Trefilov
was more restrained, paying tribute to the Scandinavians play, but also went on
an extended tirade calling for all foreigners to be banned from playing at
Russian clubs.For Norway, defeat was a hammer blow.Goalkeeper Katrine Lunde said
there were too much negative thoughts to analyze the game, but said the
Norwegian defense had never really worked at its best. Regrouping to face the
Netherlands for bronze will be difficult, she added.Its hard, itll take a bit of
time, she said. We have to. We really want to have a medal and it means a lot so
we just have to work tomorrow again and we can take a vacation when were
finished.Whoever wins Saturdays final will be a first-time gold medalist after
France upset the Netherlands, last years world championship silver
medalist.Overwhelming crowd support and the presence of Dutch King
Willem-Alexander couldnt lift the Netherlands, who spent most of the game
narrowly behind.A nail-biting finish saw a big save from French goalkeeper Laura
Glauser and another shot hit the post as her team tried to hold on for the win
on a Dutch power-play. On the final whistle, the French team embraced on court
and jumped up and down in front of their fans.For a long time we have won
nothing and now we will have a medal so its amazing, Frances Siraba Dembele
said.
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times. LINCOLN, Neb. -- Glynn Watson Jr.s head was hurting Sunday. But that
didnt stop him from scoring a career-high 23 points to lead Nebraska past
Sacramento State 83-61.Glynn actually tonight had a bad headache, said Nebraska
coach Tim Miles. I dont know if it was a migraine or not. But we had to take him
out two or three times and get him hydrated and make sure he got medicine. If he
can do that in that condition ... hes really good. Glynn is a guy thats a game
changer.Watson didnt mention the headache after the game. Rather, he attributed
his scoring to aggressive play.I just tried to play aggressive and execute our
game plan, Watson said. That was basically what I tried to do, was play
aggressive and try to get my teammates open. I had open shots so I took them,
that was basically it.Watson kept Nebraska (1-0) in the game in the first half,
tying his career-high with 17 points on 7 of 10 shots. The rest of the Huskers
were just 9 of 29 in the half, earning them a halftime butt chewing from
Miles.Nebraska opened the second period with a 9-2 run, going up 45-35 on Tai
Websters driving layup with 17:22 left. That opening spurt was the game changer,
said Sacramento State coach Brian Katz.We had a pretty good first half and the
separation happened in the first five points of the second half, Katz said. They
got five points in transition and went from 36-33 to 41-33, and I thought that
was the difference in the game. The Huskers hit 10 of 12 shots in the first
eight minutes of the second half, taking a 58-44 lead on Websters jumper with
12:233 remaining.ddddddddddddI thought the second half was really good, Miles
said. But they were pretty good early too. Unfortunately, we missed 12 shots
within what, four feet in the first half. I was happy with the team. They came
out and did what they had to do to win.Nebraska never trailed, but saw
Sacramento State (0-2) tie the game at 31 on Jeff Wus basket with 2:01 left in
the first half. Watson responded with a 3-point play to put the Huskers in the
lead for good.THE BIG PICTURENebraska: Five of the 10 Huskers who took the floor
Sunday were seeing their first action as Huskers. All five came off the bench.
They scored just five points combined.Sacramento State: The Hornets hit 48
percent of their shots in the first half to stay close to the Huskers. But
Sacramento State struggled from the field in the final 20 minutes, hitting just
9 of 26 attempts and only 2 of 12 from 3-point range.QUOTABLEMiles on Nebraskas
first half play: We were just rushing on offense, there was no poise. It was
like one, two passes and force your way in there. The reason we missed 12 shots
(near the basket) was because they werent very good shots. You cant get an
offensive rebound, puke on yourself, then try to put it back in there. It just
seemed like we were playing mindless basketball.UP NEXTNebraska hosts the
University of Mary, Miless alma mater, Tuesday.Sacramento State will host
Antelope Valley Thursday in its home opener. ' ' '
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