LIMASSOL, 5 June 2009 - Cypriots Georgios Platritis and Paris Christofi were crowned 'Kings of the Beach" at the XIII Games of the Small States of Europe, here today. They won the Beach Volleyball gold medal by beating San Marino (Alfredo Tabarini / Francesco Tabarini) 2-0 in the final.
The first set was very competitive and the team of San Marino went ahead with 12-9. But the Cypriots came from behind to win the set by 21-17.
San Marino had the better start in the 2nd set also and lead the score by 4-0 and 6-3. But again the Cypriot players had more confidence and went on to win the set by 21-13.
Andorra (Xavier Felguera Strung / Christian Salvador Campillo) won the bronze medal, defeating Monaco (Frank Gopsevic / Thomas Widiez) 2-0.(21-14, 21-17).