Kerri Walsh found one sure way to go for the gold at the Beijing Olympics – use a metal detector.
The American beach volleyball star lost her wedding band during a Sunday morning match as she went up for a block against Japan’s Mika Saiki and Chiaki Kusuhara, the Associated Press reports.
Although a metal detector could indicate where the ring was lost in the sand, the particles shifted considerably from the time of Walsh’s 9 a.m. match to the 3 p.m. search for the ring. Still, volunteer Song Zhendong dug up the ring after about 20 minutes of looking – and was due to return it to Walsh on Monday.
“It’s a plain gold band,” said Peter Paul Hreszczuk, the FIVB official manning the metal detector, “but obviously very precious…
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