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Up Front FINNISHED


That squad (Walter Ray Williams Jr., Patrick Allen, Rhino Page, Chris Barnes and Bill Hoff man) rolled to the gold medal in men’s team com- petition (long considered the marquee event) at the 2008 WTBA World Championships in Bangkok, Thailand.


W Two years later, Team USA, again loaded


with Professional Bowlers Association stars, successfully defended its team title by top- ping Finland for the gold medal in Munich, Germany. A three-peat, however, just wasn’t in the


cards in Las Vegas, as powerful Finland ex- acted its revenge by thumping Team USA in the men’s team gold medal match to conclude the 2013 World Championships at Sunset Station.


The Icemen Commeth: Team Finland (l-r, Palermaa, Uotila, Salonen, Ranta and Jussila) avenged its loss in the 2010 World Championships with a convincing win over Team USA (Szczerbinski, Barnes, Jones, O’Neill and Janawicz) in the 2013 gold medal match. The loss ended the run of the two-time defending champs.


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EVERYTHING BOWLING, ALL THE TIME


Finland ends ‘Dream Team’ run at World Championships 2013 WTBA World Championships


hen the World Tenpin Bowling Association began al- lowing professionals to join national bowling programs, Team USA responded with bowling’s fi rst Dream Team.


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