Walsh, May-Treanor Get Wet, Then Get Gold
Boy, talk about the stars lining up for NBC. It’s no secret that women’s beach volleyball gets great ratings, and we would be insulting our intelligence to think that it’s strictly because of the athleticism involved. So think about this, you have beautiful women, sand, then a steady rain, and then Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor walk out wearing white bikinis. At that point someone in the NBC brass started believing in God, Jesus, Allah, and Buddha all at once, and probably had an aneurysm thinking about the ratings that this match was going to bring.
But, despite the obvious appeal of the flesh, this was an entertaining final match of the beach volleyball competition. The Chinese team of Wang Jie and Tian Jia gave the American Dream Duo some difficulties, before falling to May-Treanor and Walsh, 21-18, 21-18.
Oh and here are some random pics of May-Treanor and Walsh hugging. Because for some reason there are a few people (mainly guys) that like watching beautiful, sweaty women in bikinis (with wedgies) hug.
In all seriousness, Walsh and Treanor are an impressively skilled duo, who have been incredibly dominant in their sport of choice. Good job, ladies, good job.