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Peru cruised to its second victory in a row at the 2009 Girls Youth World Championships, with another 3-0 (25-21, 25-7, 25-) against Tunisia.

Having totally demolished defending champion China in the opening match of the tournament, the South Americans started a little bit too relaxed.

However, after regaining consistency and self-confidence, Peru put up a real show in the second set, marching quickly through the first and second technical breaks (16-4!), with all spikers well on fire.

Although Tunisia struggled for its best in the third set, Peru regained full control of the operations, and a poor reception of the Tunisians put an end to the match in about 60 minutes.

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Isabel Guerra

Peru's official volleyball team defeated 3-0 their Canadian counterpart during the Pan American Cup, so now they can fight for the fifth place of the tournament.

The Peruvian sextet won by partials 29-27, 25-13, 16-25, and 25-21 in a time of 96 minutes, and now it will face winner of Argentina - Costa Rica match.

The team leaded by Kim Cheol-Yong lost to Brazil on the eve, and thus the quota reserved for an American Grand Prix Wrestling, competition that Peru does not attend since 1994.

Peru's volleyball team will end its participation in this Cup on Saturday, while awaiting the outcome of Puerto Rico vs. Argentina today, to see if it can still classify among the Final Four.

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Isabel Guerra

Peru's U-18 girls volleyball team beat defending champions China in their first Pool B match of the Youth Volleyball World Championship being held in Thailand.

Seeking for a double-up after having seized the gold medal two years ago in Mexico, the Chinese entered the match as pre-favorite.

However, Peru put up an amazing show blistering to a quick 0:3 (19-25, 24-26, 16-25) and the first major surprise of this Championship.

Peru will face Tunisia today and Turkey on Saturday at 20:30 hrs (Peruvian time).

All the Peruvian team's matches will be live televised in Peru on channel 2 (Frecuencia Latina).

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Roland Garros doubles champion Luis Horna headlines Peru's four-man lineup ahead of the Davis Cup tie against Canada.

Horna (currently ranked No.220 on the ATP world tour), Ivan Miranda (552), Mauricio Echazu (568) and Sergio Galdos (1.485) were named to the squad by team captain Américo Venero.

The Peruvian team will face Canada on July 10-12 at 2.600-capacity Hermanos Buse stadium of Club Lawn Tennis de la Exposición in Lima.

In a press conference held Wednesday, Venero said that the tie against the Canadians will be very hard "because they are a very strong team who play very well."

"Horna's participation is very important, but I have hope in what Ivan (Miranda) can do. Both are prepared to give a good performance against Canada," he said.

The Canada Davis Cup team, comprised of doubles star Daniel Nestor, Frederic Niemeyer, Peter Polansky and Bruno Agostinelli, is scheduled to in Lima, Peru, on Friday, July 10.

The Canadian team is captained by former tennis player Martin Laurendeau.

After losing 4-1 to Ecuador in Quito in May, Peru will host Canada in a first round play-off with the losing nation going forward to a relegation play-off against Uruguay.

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Peru's national volleyball team beat Guatemala 25-9, 25-13, 25-15 to reach the quarterfinals of the Eighth Women's Pan American Cup, currently held in Miami, USA.

The Peruvian team (placed in 17th position of FIVB ranking) will meet the loser of the match between Brazil and Dominican Republic to be played on Thursday.

The Women’s Pan American Cup is a qualifying tournament into the 2010 FIVB World Grand Prix and the 2009 Women’s Final Four.

After the preliminary pool round which ended yesterday, the Pan American Cup quarterfinal and classification matches are set for July 2nd, followed by semifinal matches and additional classification matches on July 3rd.

The championship match and final classification round matches are scheduled for July 4th.

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The United States defeated Peru 25-22, 25-21, 26-24 during the Eighth Women's Pan American Cup at the University of Miami's BankUnited Center.

Patricia Soto paced Peru with 11 points, while Yulissa Zamudio added nine points. Leyla Chihuan tacked on eight points in the loss, while teammate Jessenia Uceda put down seven points.

"We showed a new level of play tonight and limited our errors," Peru Assistant Coach Natalia Malaga Dibos said. "Tonight's effort and performance will help our team progress toward the classification round. The U.S. is obviously a strong team," she added, as quoted by CRSN.com

"Congratulations to the Peru team," U.S. Head Coach Hugh McCutcheon said, "it presented us with some challenges, and I think it allowed our team to build some character."

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Peruvian swimmer Ruben Medina fulfilled his promise: he swam with shackles on his feet from San Lorenzo island to Cantolao beach in La Punta (a distance of five kilometers).

Medina, also known as “Titicaca’s Triton”, departed from the San Lorenzo island at 12:15 hours and arrived at the Cantolao beach at 14:50 hours.

The guide vessel had to deviate from the initial route, due to the great amount of trash floating on the sea that prevented the swimmer from progressing in his efforts.  

The executive president of Autonomous Bi-national Authority of Lake Titicaca (ALT), Julián Barra Catacora, said that this activity was aimed to promote voting for Lake Titicaca in the New 7 Wonders of Nature contest.

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The Peruvian Under-18 volleyball team is travelling to Thailand to participate in the Girls' Youth Volleyball World Championship, to start on July 3th.

The world-class competition will take place from July 3th-12th in Nakhon Ratchasima, a province some 250km northeast of the capital Bangkok.

Pool A comprises hosts Thailand, Serbia, Egypt and Germany, while reigning champions China, Turkey, African champions Tunisia and Peru will play in Pool B.

Pool C consists of two-time world champions Brazil, Italy, Dominican Republic and Slovakia; Asian winners and two-time world champions Japan, NORCECA champions USA, NORCECA runners-up Mexico and European champions Belgium have been drawn in Pool D, which is being referred to as the Group of Death.

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Peruvian climber Richard Hidalgo said Monday that it was the right decision to give up his attempt to top Mount Everest in order to preserve his life and go back to Katmandu safe and sound so as to try it again some other time.

Hidalgo recalled that he was only 500 meters from the top of Mount Everest, whose altitude is 8848m (29000 feet), "I feel calm because I did everything possible to finish the expedition successfully."

He added that despite bad weather conditions, he remained for 36 hours very close to the Everest summit, in the “death zone” above camp 4 at 8350 m.a.s.l., which is unusual considering he did not have artificial oxygen.

The Peruvian climber said that under these conditions it is always a possibility that one would die from freezing during the ascent, which makes you decide between life and death even though the summit is very close and many desire to top it.

“The mountain climbing is like this, the mountain decides. I think I made the right decision and came back safe. That’s the most important thing in climbing. The Everest will still be there, and I’ll have another chance to climb it,” said Hidalgo.

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Peru's WBA female super featherweight champion Kina Malpartida has dedicated her amazing victory to the "poorest and fighters" in Peru.

"Thanks for joining me tonight, this title goes to all the poor of Peru, to those fighters,” said Malpartida after her victory over Halana Dos Santos of Brazil.

At the end of the fight, Kina Malpartida embraced Halana Dos Santos in the middle of the ring and told her "keep it up, you will go far."  

The Peruvian boxer's manager Gonzalo Rodriguez Larrain mentioned that Kina will defend her title again in Peru, and that the World Boxing Association (AMB) would choose Malpartida’s next rival.

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