Volleyball

US wins gold medal in men's volleyball

(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

BEIJING (AP) When it was all over, Hugh McCutcheon didn't have to tell his wife that his U.S. men's volleyball team had beaten the odds - and overcome tragedy - to win the Olympic gold medal.

"She said it first," the coach recalled. "She said, 'You won, you won, you won!' Nothing else to say there, just listening to each other smile on the phone."

The men's team claimed the gold with a 3-1 victory over defending champion Brazil on Sunday. The victory capped a stunning run by the U.S. team over the two weeks after Elisabeth McCutcheon's father was stabbed to death in Beijing.

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Monday, November 23, 2009

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