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(E) Croatia defeating Russia in Handball on 2004 Olympics
By Nenad N. Bach | Published  08/20/2004 | Sports | Unrated
(E) Croatia defeating Russia in Handball on 2004 Olympics

 

Croatia : Russia  26-25

Croatia's Denis Spoljaric and Drago Vukovic embrace team mates after defeating Russia during the pool A handball competition at the Athens 2004 Olympic Games (news - web sites) August 20, 2004. Croatia defeated Russia 26-25. REUTERS/Faleh Kheiber

Men : Olympic champion in trouble
ATHENS, 20 August - The 2003 World champion, Croatia, achieved its fourth victory from four matches at the Olympic tournament, beating reigning Olympic champion, Russia, 26-25 (halftime 10-14). Croatia will now play Spain on 22 August and is seeking its fifth victory which would give it first place in Group A. Russia meets Iceland the same day facing elimination from the tournament if it loses. Russia pressed hard for victory today, but was let down by lack of physical strength in the dying moments and paid for its mistakes. Having managed to control the pace from the 10th minute of the match, Russia led until the 10th minute of the second half. From that point on Croatia took control, gained the lead and managed to achieve its fourth straight victory. Star players from both teams had a bad day. Alexey RASTVORTSEV (RUS) scored six goals out of 16 attempts, while Eduard KOKCHAROV (RUS) scored four goals out of nine attempts. Ivano BALIC (CRO) did a good job organizing the game, but offensively things were different. BALIC scored three goals out of eight attempts. Dmitri TORGOVANOV (RUS) was excellent from the pivot place scoring six goals in six attempts, while Blazenko LACKOVIC (CRO) scored nine goals out of 13 attempts.
 

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