Italy qualifies for summer Olymics

| Mon, 03/10/2008 - 04:17

The Italy men's water polo team, known as the 'Settebello' (beautiful seven), defeated Russia on Friday to qualify for this summer's Beijing Olympics.

In a make-or-break quarter final match at the Oradea tournament in Romania, Italy beat Russia by a score of 11-10.

Qualifying for the semi-final automatically qualified Italy for the Olympics.

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