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To: TobagoJack who wrote (38160)	8/9/2008 10:15:45 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218147

No! Geor and Gia are flying their adopted flag in the men's tournament while Cristine "Saka" Santanna and Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins qualified for the women's event just before the deadline last month. We want to win a medal for them!! They should not pull out!! We win a medal and they would name streets or even raise a statue for the athletes! Brazilians Geor and Gia fly new flag Wed Aug 6, 2008 1:27am EDT Email \| Print \| Share\| Reprints \| Single Page\| Recommend (0) [-] Text [+] Related News Latvia serves up U.S. beach volleyball upset 11:40am EST U.S. pair fired by chilling chemistry 07 Aug 2008 White sand of Hainan the winner 06 Aug 2008 powered by Sphere Featured Broker sponsored link $0 stock trades. 10 free per month.By Jane Barrett BEIJING (Reuters) - From Pele to Ronaldo, Brazilians often take nicknames for their sporting careers so when Renato Gomes and Jorge Terceiro started their latest ventures in beach volleyball they went for "Geor" and "Gia." Odd decision? Not if you have just taken double citizenship in Georgia. The former Soviet state is competing for the first time in the immensely popular Olympic beach volleyball with a lot of help from a country that has perfected the sport. Geor and Gia are flying their adopted flag in the men's tournament while Cristine "Saka" Santanna and Andrezza "Rtvelo" Martins qualified for the women's event just before the deadline last month. Sakartvelo means Georgia in Georgian. "I have to say I don't speak much Georgian but everyone there speaks English," Saka said after a training session in Beijing. "I've been there a few times and it seems everyone is supporting us … and back in Brazil, when we play, they shout for Georgia all the way," said Saka, who is married to Brazilian beach volleyball player Harley Marques. Sport is dotted with athletes born in one country competing for another. Georgian-born weightlifters and judo fighters picked up medals for Greece in the last few Olympics. IMPORT TEAM Levan Akhvlediani, president of the Georgian volleyball federation, had the notion of importing a beach team in 2001. "Every business needs success so I looked for the shortest way to success," he told Reuters. He approached a coach in Brazil and together they picked players who were unlikely to make the big time there and who could afford to sit out of international competition for two years to meet citizenship requirements. The teams went back on international tour in 2006, just in time to start picking up Olympic qualification points. "I was going to retire," said Geor, now 27. "I never dreamed of being at the Olympics and here I am now." Both teams start the pool rounds of their first Olympics on August 9. Akhvlediani hopes that live coverage of his two teams in Beijing will encourage young athletes to start playing beach volleyball on Georgia's Black Sea coast and attract sponsors. Saka, 29, shares the dream, but with a twist. "Georgia can be very cold. I want to get more young Georgian girls down to Brazil to learn how to play. That would be great." (Editing by Steve Ginsburg)

To: TobagoJack who wrote (38160)	8/18/2008 2:17:34 PM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 218147

Geor and Gia flying their adopted flag Georgia will face US for a place in the finals of beach volleyball. If beating the US, they will face one of the two teams who are in the other semis. From four teams we have three in the semis. Two flying the Brazilian flag and another the adopted Georgian. go Georgia, go Georgia!! After the conflict with Russia erupted in the opening day of the Games, the two South Americans promised they would do their best to "give a little joy to the Georgian people". "The feeling of advancing to the semifinals is undescribable," said Gomes. "Geor" and "Gia" are now set to clash with Todd Rogers and Phillip Dalhausser, of the United States.