[Daily_Bulletin] Singles champions reflect on Australian Open; Denmark win Eur
2008-01-29 08:55 15
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o 2008 handball title; Andre Greipel takes Tour Down Under
Denmark deny Croatia to lift European handball title. Tour Down Under triumph for Greipel. But first, reflection from Australian Open singles' champions Novak Djokovic and Maria Sharapova. TENNIS SOUND 1 SOUNDBITE (English) "So exciting. I don't know. It's amazing. You know, sometimes you just - when you're putting the work in it just seems so, so hard, and you never know when that work's going to pay off. When you're going tough moments, you never know when you're going to have good moments. I'm just so thankful that I got this one." SUPERCAPTION: Maria Sharapova, Russia. Australian Open women's singles champion. TENNIS SOUND 2 SOUNDBITE (English) "It's probably indescribable feeling, something that I always dreamed of, of course. I think every player dreams about winning a Grand Slam, whatever. And, you know, it's something special. It's a special event. It's two weeks long, all the best players in the world playing. Then you come up in the end as a champion, you know, only one guy to win the tournament. I mean, I'm still not aware of the big achievement I have had in these two weeks. I'm very proud of myself, of course." SUPERCAPTION: Novak Djokovic, Serbia. Australian Open men's singles champion. HANDBALL NORWAY Denmark met Croatia in the final of the men's European Handball Championships in Lillehammer on Sunday, with both sides looking to claim their first ever overall victory in the tournament. Croatia stole the early impetus, quickly going 4-0 ahead just seven minutes into the match. The Danes, though, soon resumed their recent free-scoring form. Hans Lindberg netted the final goal of the first half, allowing his side to enter the interval 13-10 in front. Counter-attack continued to be the name of the game for Denmark after half-time. Michael Knudsen scored his second goal of the night to open up a six-goal lead with a little over 20 minutes remaining. Denmark held a 21-17 advantage with just over seven minutes left - and the scent of victory grew stronger when Kasper Hvidt saved Ivan Cupic's penalty. Lasse Boesen capped a superb performance with the final goal of the evening in the last minute as Denmark completed a 24-20 triumph. The result marked a unique achievement for Ulrik Wilbek, who became the first ever coach to win European Championships with both the women's and men's team. Lars Christiansen claimed the joint-top goalscorer honours - along with Croatian Ivano Balic and Nikola Karabatic of France - after notching 44 goals in the competition. CYCLING AUSTRALIA (No access Australia, New Zealand, UK and Eire) Andre Greipel held a seven second overall lead heading into Sunday's sixth and final stage of the 2008 Tour Down Under. The German's main threat in the 88 kilometre stage, which was set over 16 laps of a 5.5 kilometre circuit in the east end of Adelaide, was Australian rider Allan Davis. With a potential bonus of up to three seconds on each of the two intermediate sprints and a further ten seconds bonus going to the stage winner, Davis new that he would have an opportunity to claim victory. The Australia-UniSA rider duly won the first intermediate sprint to move to within four second of Greipel, who finished out of the top three and failed to pick up any bonus seconds. The Team High Road rider gestured that he had been blocked by Davis' team-mate Luke Roberts. But there was no mistake at the second intermediate sprint, where Greipel crossed the line ahead of Davis in second place to build a five second overall lead. Further bonus seconds were on offer at the finishing line though, and Davis still had a chance to win the race. But Greipel had been in imperious form throughout the week in the sprint finishes and he was once again a class above his rivals at the end of Sunday's stage. The 25-year-old crossed the finishing line in one hour, 51 minutes and 13 seconds for his fourth win in six stages. So, it was a deserved Tour Down Under for Greipel, who finished 15 seconds ahead of Davis in the final overall standings.
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