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Brazil’s Women Take Gold and Silver

By Contributing Reporter · May 26, 2009 · 2 min read

By Jayme Monsanto, Contributing Reporter

Juliana and Larissa claimed gold in the World Tour's Osaka Open. Photo by FIVB. — Juliana and Larissa claimed gold in the World Tour's Osaka Open, photo by FIVB.

RIO DE JANEIRO – The Larissa/Juliana duo claimed gold last weekend in the female-only Osaka Open, the 3rd stop of the woman’s World Beach Volleyball Tour. The final was a dramatic showdown between Larissa and Juliana and fellow Brazilians Talita and Maria Elisa, as the women continued the success of their male counterparts last weekend.

The first set was won by the Larissa/Juliana pairing 26 x 24, but in the second, Talita/Maria Elisa reacted strongly winning by 21 x 19. In the tiebreaker, the three-time World Tour winning duo Larissa/Juliana claimed gold after taking another tight set 18 x 16.

Despite the defeat, Talita and Maria Elisa climbed to the top of the season’s ranking with 1320 points, while Larissa/Juliana and the Germans Goller/Ludwig are tied for second place with 1200 points.

Larissa and Juliana remain lower than their compatriots Talita and Maria Elisa in the ranking in spite of their success winning the Brasília and Osaka Opens because this was only their second international appearance of the year so far, having missed the Shanghai Open because of a back injury suffered by Juliana.

“(My back in Shanghai) just did not feel right, and I did not want to put any stress on my body as I am only nine months out from major knee surgery. It is better to play on the safe side than try to play at anything less than 100 percent”, said the 25-year old.

The bronze medal was claimed by the Dutch pair Van Iersel/Keizer, who beat the Americans Akers/Turner in the 3rd place play-off.

Now, the Brazilian doubles are getting ready for the 4th stop of the World Tour, which starts on May 26th in Seoul, South Korea. Four Brazilian doubles teams are set to compete: Juliana/Larissa, Talita/Maria Elisa, Maria Clara/Carolina and Renata/Val. The first three pairs are already qualified for the main event, while Renata/Val will still have to play the qualifying round.

After a week off the men’s World Beach Volleyball Tour will also be back in action on May 26th, with the men-only event, The Myslowice Open, taking place in Poland.

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Ibovespa · benchmark

177,866
+2.97%

L 172,761day rangeH 177,866

+30.07% over 12 months

Market breadth · 15 names

93% advancing

14 ▲ advancing1 declining ▼

Currencies, rates & key inputs

USD / BRL

5.11

-0.17%

EUR / BRL

5.83

-1.07%

Selic rate

14.25%

·

Brent crude

76.01

-0.38%

Iron ore

161.91

·

Sector heatmap · average move today

Utilities

+5.15%

ENEV3

Financials

+3.99%

ITUB4, BBDC4, BBAS3, B3SA3

Mining

+3.90%

VALE3, CSNA3, GGBR4

Consumer Disc.

+3.47%

AZZA3

Industrials

+3.00%

WEGE3, RENT3

Materials

+1.27%

SUZB3

Consumer Staples

+0.64%

ABEV3

Energy

+0.42%

PETR4, PRIO3

Latin America scoreboard

IndexLastTodayStrength

IbovespaBrazil
177,866
+2.97%

S&P/BMV IPCMexico
66,496
+0.59%

S&P IPSAChile
11,057
+0.28%

S&P MERVALArgentina
3,280,224
+2.43%

MSCI COLCAPColombia
2,307.67
+0.65%

BVL S&P PerúPeru
56,194.27
+1.29%

Full instrument board

Instrument	Last	Change	YoY	Prev.	High	Low	Volume
IBOV	177,866	+2.97%	+30.07%	172,742	177,866	172,761	—
USD/BRL	5.11	-0.17%	-8.50%	5.12	5.13	5.10	—
SELIC	14.25%		—	—	—	—	—
PETR4	39.65	+1.12%	+22.98%	39.21	39.97	39.34	27,213,400
VALE3	74.18	+1.41%	+34.19%	73.15	74.66	73.12	22,118,800
ITUB4	44.30	+4.02%	+29.44%	42.59	44.34	43.23	28,691,300
BBDC4	18.86	+4.78%	+16.85%	18.00	18.87	18.32	47,714,200
BBAS3	20.58	+2.90%	-2.97%	20.00	20.67	20.25	24,323,000
B3SA3	15.42	+4.26%	+9.44%	14.79	15.53	15.19	41,437,800
ABEV3	15.82	+0.64%	+19.58%	15.72	15.99	15.72	34,764,700
WEGE3	46.51	+1.68%	+16.57%	45.74	46.80	46.11	7,145,200
PRIO3	55.45	-0.29%	+32.66%	55.61	56.29	55.04	6,818,400
SUZB3	41.55	+1.27%	-16.65%	41.03	41.87	41.20	8,080,900
RENT3	41.10	+4.31%	+7.45%	39.40	41.32	40.31	8,338,600
AZZA3	19.10	+3.47%	-47.66%	18.46	19.30	18.81	1,703,700
CSNA3	5.18	+7.92%	-37.82%	4.80	5.20	4.95	14,591,200
GGBR4	23.01	+2.36%	+36.32%	22.48	23.10	22.58	10,449,600
ENEV3	27.55	+5.15%	+107.61%	26.20	27.55	26.61	16,185,800

Largest moves today

CSNA3
5.18
+7.92%

ENEV3
27.55
+5.15%

BBDC4
18.86
+4.78%

RENT3
41.10
+4.31%

B3SA3
15.42
+4.26%

ITUB4
44.30
+4.02%

AZZA3
19.10
+3.47%

IBOV
177,866
+2.97%

The session read

The Ibovespa rose 2.97%, with breadth positive — 14 of 15 names higher. Utilities led, while Energy lagged.

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