Olympic Gold: 5 years

[planaria]

Congratulations Argentina! It was a proud win even to your sul-american "rivals" :)

Some moments to remember:

Buzzer beater against Serbia: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mLvqj55bf4

Highlights against USA (bigtime domination): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lv3dfpaSEBw

Final against Italy: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FE_4DX8m_o

A nice interview from Ruben Magnano: http://www.draftbrasil.net/wordpress/?p=1958 (portuguese)

http://translate.google.com.br/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.draftbrasil.net/wordpress/%3Fp%3D1958&sl=pt&tl=en&history_state0= (english)

http://translate.google.com.br/translate?js=y&prev=_t&hl=pt-BR&ie=UTF-8&u=http://www.draftbrasil.net/wordpress/%3Fp%3D1958&sl=pt&tl=es&history_state0= (español)

[¹²³]

Congratulations! That was a great achievement.

[-K2-]

Great day for latinamerica :)

[alermac]

I remember having very mixed sensations during the whole tournament.

-Uncertainty at first, because of the lousy preseason results, the feeling that Indianapolis 2002 might have been just a one-year wonder, and the shaky performance at the 2003 Americas.

-Ginóbili's amazing shot to win against Serbia, what seemed a great triumph at first, and Magnano running wildly to celebrate.

-The mediocre first round, beating NZ and China and losing to Spain and Italy.

-The strange quarterfinal against Greece, watching the hosts missing open threes constantly, and the grand entrance by Walter Herrmann when things were getting really rough.

-The imposing win against the USA; with Ginóbili leading, Herrmann again coming at exactly the right moment, and Marbury's ugly foul on Oberto.

-And the final against Italy, by then all uncertainty was gone. Personally, i was sure Argentina would in it, but celebration only was possible after Montecchia's threes near the end. And Scola's screaming dunk as the perfect ending to it all.