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 Men's
World Championship
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, October 14-19 2003
World Championships -
Superb TV coverage for a superb event
World Champs Gold for Ricardo-Emanuel
 Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil, Oct. 19, 2003 - Brazil's Ricardo
Alex Costa Santos and Emanuel Rego crowned a magnificent
first full season together on Sunday when they defeated
Americans Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger 21-18, 21-15 in
the final of the Beach Volleyball World Championships
presented by SWATCH on a sun-drenched Copacabana. It was
the dominant pair's fifth victory of the season and
followed on the from the World Tour ranking title they
secured by reaching the quarter-finals earlier in the
week in what is the last FIVB event of the season.The
bronze medal went to their compatriots Benjamin Insfran
and Marcio Henrique Araujo after Portugal's Luis Miguel
Maia was unable to contest the playoff with his partner
Joao Carlos Brenha due to a hamstring injury.
More Pic: Emanuel (L) and Ricardo show thier
trophy
 First Place: Ricardo Alex Costa Santos and Emanuel
Rego (Brazil)
Second place: Dax Holdren and Stein Metzger (USA)
Third place: Benjamin Insfran and Marcio Henrique
Araujo
(Brazil)
Emanuel Rego wins the
'Speedo Most Valuable Player Award'
Vegard Hoidalen (Norway), wins
the SWATCH Fastest Service of the Year award
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