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The Pearls successful pursuit of Olympic Gold must rank among Australian rugbys greatest moments.At a time when the local game has been struggling, what the Australian womens sevens team achieved in Rio is bound to have major ramifications- all positive.Their triumph has provided Australian rugby with a much needed morale boost, enormous promotional opportunities and hopefully inspire countless others to either watch or play a game that in recent times has struggled for exposure.The green and gold rugby ranks have again a showpiece, and a group to be deeply proud of. As the Australian womens success could not have been better timed, it may easily lead to a rugby revival that so many local administrators have been desperately waiting for.Rugby in Australia has in recent months suffered endless damaging hits to its image, with the bulk of its professional XV provincial teams suffering from financial woes and failing to make an impact in the Super Rugby competition, while their national side, the Wallabies, were swept away by England.The Australian Rugby Union has found itself under constant criticism, including its neglect of the lower ranks of the game, while the code finds itself lagging behind AFL, rugby league and soccer.However, how the ARU openly embraced sevens football, believing it was a constructive, exciting way to lure new spectators to the game, has now been shown to be a wise move.Their investment in the Australian sevens outfits- both womens and mens- has worked. It really doesnt get much better than Olympic Gold- especially when its involves a finals triumph over their most dreaded rival- New Zealand- a country which has inflicted so much pain in the rugby arena over countless decades.How Australia focused on making their womens team the best in the world deserves enormous credit. They basically developed a new team, luring talent from numerous pursuits including basketball, athletics, rugby league, touch football, and mixed them with notable rugby performers like Shannon Parry, to produce a fast, pugnacious and buoyant combination.Considering some of the impressive athletes they lured, such as sprinter Ellia Green and touch footballer Charlotte Caslick, it wasnt a surprise that the team started winning major titles, took over the No.1 world ranking, and became favourites going into Rio.And dont be bluffed into believing that as sevens football is an abbreviated version of the main rugby game, Australias victory would have hurt on the other side of the Tasman.As expected, there was Kiwi angst when Australias first try looked dubious when it appeared that Emma Tonegato had spilt the ball just before the tryline. But then New Zealand could not quibble, as Australia were clearly dominant for the next ten minutes or so, before a belated Kiwi revival.There was also the usual edge to a trans-Tasman rugby encounter, with the New Zealand coach Sean Horan providing the jibe before the game that Australia was vulnerable because they dont like pressure, they dont like the physical side.That ploy didnt work. It incensed the Australian team. In the final, Australia relished the pressure, and they loved the physical side.Shortly after the rewards came, with the most rousing of gold medal ceremonies, and a moment long suffering Australian rugby supporters will not forget for a long time. Jawaan Taylor Youth Jersey . Ancelotti says Ronaldo has recovered from a hamstring injury but "but he doesnt feel comfortable yet so we wont risk him." Madrid is third in the Spanish league, six points behind leader Barcelona, going into Saturdays game against Valladolid. Gardner Minshew II Womens Jersey . 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BRISTOL, Tenn. -- The water-logged Sprint Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway was called after just 48 of 500 laps were run because of rainstorms throughout Saturday night.The race will resume Sunday at 1 p.m.NASCAR officials finally called it after more than three hours of delays. The race started more than an hour late because of rain, lightning and hail near the track. After just 38 laps, the race was halted as rain, somewhat heavy at times, hit the half-mile track.Things cleared after a delay of 1 hour, 24 minutes and drivers got back in their cars. But after 10 slow caution laps, the heavy rain returned and things ended for good.Kyle Busch had the lead, followed by Chase Elliott, Ryan Blaney, Denny Hamlin and Matt Kenseth.We havent really even got going so I think until we get some laps and get racing it is really kind of hard to say how its going to go, Elliott said. Im looking forward to the NAPA Auto Parts team getting back going tomorrow.Pole-sitter Carl Edwards, the winner at the track in the spring, led a top five qualifying filled with Joe Gibbs Racing racers. Along with Edwards, JGR teammates Hamlin was second, Busch was third and Keenseth fifth on Friday.ddddddddddddll four Gibbs drivers remained in the top seven with Edwards sliding down from No. 1 to seventh.Its the second time in three races weather has altered the Sprint Cup schedule. Rain at Pocono Raceway three weeks ago pushed that finish until Monday when rookie Chris Buescher won his first Sprint Cup title as continued bad weather shortened that race.NASCAR may have looked hard for any free, dry windows of race time given that Bristol will begin transforming the race track into a football field to host Tennessee and Virginia Tech on Sept. 10. The tracks timeline gave them 19 days to convert the infield to a football field and make things ready for what Bristol executive vice president and general manager Jerry Caldwell figured would be more than 155,000 fans coming out to watch the game.The conversion was expected to start early Sunday once the last NASCAR hauler had left the track. Now, that time line is crunched as the track must finish with its main attraction, the Sprint Cup series. ' ' '