Monday, August 4, 2008

Today’s Video: An Olympic buzzer-beater

With the Summer Olympics about to begin on Friday this week’s videos will look at several historical moments involving Latin Americans.

The evening of August 28, 2004 was a magical one for Argentina since it was on that date that both the men’s basketball and soccer teams clinched the gold medal. The soccer side had been one of the favorites to win gold after romping through most of its opposition. The basketball team was another issue as they upset several teams including Greece and the U.S. to claim top honors.

One of the hurdles overcome by the Argentines was a victory over world champions Serbia and Montenegro in the group stage. In the brief clip below, Manu Ginobili scores the winning play with 0.7 seconds to play and sends his teammates and fans into delirium:

Sources- BBC News, Sydney Morning Herald, YouTube

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