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The 2008 World Polo Championship, eight edition, took place in Mexico during May 2008 and was won by Chile. [1] Background.
Water polo at the Games of the XXIX Olympiad; Tournament details; Host country China: City: Beijing: Venue(s) Ying Tung Natatorium: Dates: 10–24 August 2008: Events: 2 (men's, women's) Teams: 12 , 8 (from 4 confederations) Competitors: 153 men, 103 women: Final positions; Champions Hungary Netherlands : Runners-up United States (men)
Polo is a ball game that is played on horseback as a traditional field sport.It is one of the world's oldest known team sports, [7] having been adopted in the Western world from the game of Chovgan (Persian: چوگان), which originated in ancient Iran, dating back over 2,000 years.
The women's water polo tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing was held from 11 August to 21 August at the Ying Tung Natatorium. [1]Teams from eight nations competed, seeded into two groups for the preliminary round. 20 games were played, 12 of them in the preliminary round (each team played the other teams in the group).
The polo legend has been called one of the greatest polo players of all time. Pushing 50 years old, the athlete has already racked up quite the resume when it comes to wins in the sport.
Freedom's Fury is a documentary film about the semifinal water polo match between Hungary and the USSR at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia. The match took place against the background of the Hungarian Revolution, that was brutally crushed by the Soviet army, and it quickly turned into a violent battle, with contemporaries dubbing it the "Blood in the Water match."
Prince Harry and his wife, Meghan, may have given up their royal duties, but not the celebrity life. The Duke and Duchess of Sussex drew a crowd of media and the wealthy on Friday as he played in ...
A review in The Guardian stated "The atmosphere of the time, the demonstrations and the uprising itself are vividly recreated by director Krisztina Goda, and the water-polo match between the Soviet Union and Hungary at the Melbourne Olympics that followed shortly thereafter is excellently staged. It's certainly moving, but the cliche-ridden ...