Spain 65 – Russia 84
The Spain Womens Basketball Team took a big lost to Russia in the quarterfinal games. Russia had not been playing well throughout the games, but today they showed up strong against the weaker Spain. Top player and scorer for Spain, Anna Montañana and Amaya Valdemoro could not do enough to come back in the end to defeat Russia. Valdemoro who has played injured throughout the Beijing Olympic Games scored a team high 16 points in the loss.
Spain lost to Russia in the Euro Championships Final in 2007 and have yet found a way to beat them.
With the marks of top Spanish National teams and figures such as Rafael Nadal who just won the Wimbledon after a 44 year drought for Spanish Players and the Spanish Soccer team who also won the Euro2008 after not winning in the 40s. The national teams for Spain both women and men are hoping to follow in those footsteps in Pekin during the Olympic Summer Basketball Games!