Swimming-Italy capture men's waterpolo world title

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SHANGHAI, July 30 | Sat Jul 30, 2011 11:19am EDT

SHANGHAI, July 30 (Reuters) - Italy won their first men's water polo world championships gold medal since 1994 when they beat Serbia 8-7 after extra time on Saturday.

The final had finished locked at 6-6. Italy took the lead in the first period of extra time, only for Serbia, the winners at the last world championships in Rome, to equalise when Filip Filipovic scored.

Maurizio Felugo grabbed the game-winning goal with 35 seconds remaining in the first period of overtime.

Croatia beat Hungary 12-11 earlier to win the bronze medal.

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