Venus and Serena Williams win doubles title at Beijing Olympics

August 18, 2008 | In Olympic Games, Serena Williams, Venus Williams |

Venus and Serena Williams win doubles title at Beijing OlympicsThe Williams sisters of the United States defeated Anabel Medina Garrigues and Virginia Ruano Pascual of Spain 6-2 6-0 to take the gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Venus's and Serena's doubles record at the Olympics is 10-0. Eight years ago they won the gold in Sydney but they didn’t play in Athens four years later because Serena was hurt.

The bronze was won by Yan Zi and Zheng Jie of China who beat Ukraine's Alona and Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2 6-2. (photo via Yahoo)

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    1. Wyclef Jean recorded a song about Venus Williams | Venus Williams on August 28th, 2008

      [...] her. Cool! Wyclef Jean recorded a track entitled Venus (I’m Ready) as a tribute to Williams' doubles gold medal at Beijing Olympics. The track will serve as theme music for Venus throughout her appearance at the [...]

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