U.S. beats Canada to retain world waterpolo gold

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1 of 4. U.S. players celebrate winning over Canada after their women's waterpolo gold medal match at the World Championships in Rome July 31, 2009.

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ROME | Fri Jul 31, 2009 4:54pm EDT

ROME (Reuters) - Kelly Rulon scored the winner with a penalty shot to give the United States a 7-6 win over Canada and the waterpolo women's gold medal at the aquatics world championships on Friday.

The Americans retained their title under the lights at Rome's Foro Italico to deny the previously unbeaten Canadians. In the bronze medal match, Russia edged out Greece 10-9 with Ekaterina Prokofyeva scoring three goals from three shots.

The men's competition concludes on Saturday with Serbia taking on Spain in the final after the United States and Croatia do battle for third place.

(Reporting by Mark Meadows; Editing by Pritha Sarkar)
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