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Spanish crowds welcome home basketball champ
(AP)
Updated: 2006-09-05 09:00
MADRID, Spain _ Tens of thousands of jubilant Spaniards screamed and
waved banners to welcome home their basketball world champions on Monday
night.
Television reports estimated the crowd at about 50,000 filling Plaza de
Castilla in central Madrid. The festivities were marred somewhat by an
office building fire a kilometer (half-mile) away, but officials said the
blaze did not endanger any of the revelers.
The red-clad Spanish team arrived in the middle of the city atop an open
air double-decker bus and waved to the multitude, which held Spanish
flags and banners with expressions like "gracias" (thank you).
Spain beat Greece 70-47 in Sunday's final in Japan, even though it played
without injured center Pau Gasol. He limped across a stage set up for
Monday night's ceremony as the team held up its trophy to rapturous
applause on a hot night in Madrid.
Loudspeakers blared the Queen song "We are the champions." The team stood
across the stage and waved in unison.
Newspaper headlines trumpeted the win, proclaiming "Spain, queen of the
world," and "Spain, bathed in gold."
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