{"id":42068,"date":"2019-05-26T16:35:52","date_gmt":"2019-05-26T16:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=42068"},"modified":"2019-05-26T16:35:52","modified_gmt":"2019-05-26T16:35:52","slug":"ishitsubo-and-shiba-claim-womens-gold-in-boracay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/ishitsubo-and-shiba-claim-womens-gold-in-boracay\/","title":{"rendered":"ISHITSUBO AND SHIBA CLAIM WOMEN\u2019S GOLD IN BORACAY"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Boracay, Philippines, May 26, 2019 \u2013 Japan\u2019s Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba beat their compatriots Sakurako Fujii and Minori Kumada to claim the gold medal in the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Boracay Open on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-42070\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"3000\" height=\"2453\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37.jpg 3000w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37-300x245.jpg 300w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37-768x628.jpg 768w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37-1024x837.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2-37-600x491.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 3000px) 100vw, 3000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ishitsubo\/Shiba and Sakurako\/Kumada clashed in the women\u2019s final after beating opponents Brittany Kendall and Stefanie Wieler of Australia 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) and Slovenia\u2019s Tjasa Kotnik and Tjasa Jancar 2-1 (21-15, 18-21, 19-17), respectively.<\/p>\n<p>Ishitsubo and Shiba bested their compatriots in straight sets 2-0 (21-15, 21-18) to win the gold medal \u2013 their second in the World Tour after they claimed the Manavgat 1-star gold in 2018. They also have two bronze medals from 1-star events in Siofok and Battambang.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are very happy for this victory,\u201d Ishitsubo said. \u201cPlaying against our compatriots in the final is challenging but also rewarding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHaving many Japanese teams in the podium makes us very happy,\u201d Shiba said. \u201cIt\u2019s a healthy competition and all Japanese teams help each other when we are on the Tour. We try to lift each other up and be happy for each other when many Japanese teams make it to the podium.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This is the third time that Japan has had both teams in an World Tour women\u2019s gold medal match, where they previously faced-off at the final of Tuan Chau and Singapore in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Australians Kendall and Wieler salvaged the bronze medal after emerging victorious in the tiebreaker against the Slovenians. They rallied from a set down to win 2-1 (23-25, 21-13, 15-13).<\/p>\n<p>The bronze medal win at the Boracay Open is Kendall and Wieler\u2019s first World tour medal as partners.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boracay, Philippines, May 26, 2019 \u2013 Japan\u2019s Satono Ishitsubo and Asami Shiba beat their compatriots Sakurako Fujii and Minori Kumada to claim the gold medal in the FIVB Beach Volleyball&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":42069,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,100],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42068","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beach-volleyball-news","category-slider"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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