Beach Volleyball

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Preliminary Round

Jorre Kjemperud and Vegard Hoidalen, Norway beat Raul Papaleo and Ramon Hernandez, Puerto Rico, 18-21, 21-19, 15-10.

Stefan Kobel and Patrick Heuscher, Switzerland beat Julien Prosser and Mark Williams, Australia, 16-21, 22-20, 15-9.

Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde, Argentina beat Gershon Rorich and Colin Eric Innes Pocock, South Africa, 21-13, 21-15.

John Child and Mark Heese, Canada beat Dain Blanton and Jeff Nygaard, United States, 21-16, 21-10.

Markus Dieckmann and Jonas Reckermann, Germany beat Bjorn Berg and Simon Dahl, Sweden, 21-16, 21-15.

Miguel Maia and Joao Brenha, Portugal, beat Pavlos Beligratis and Athanasios Michalopoulos, Greece, 21-14, 21-19


WOMEN

Tzvetelina Yanchulova and Petia Yanchulova, Bulgaria beat Okka Rau and Stephanie Pohl, Germany, 18-21, 21-19, 15-13.

Natalie Cook and Nicole Sanderson, Australia beat Lu Wang and Wenhui You, China, 21-19, 17-21, 17-15.

Jia Tian and Fei Wang, China beat Mayra Aide Garcia Lopez and Hilda Gaxiola Alvarez, Mexico, 21-19, 21-15.

Kathrine Maaseide and Susanne Glesnes, Norway beat Nicole Schnyder Benoit and Simone Kuhn, Switzerland, 21-18, 17-21, 15-13.

Summer Lochowicz and Kerri Pottharst, Australia, beat Effrosyni Sfyri and Vasiliki Karadassiou, Greece, 21-15, 15-21, 16-14

Holly McPeak and Elaine Youngs, United States, beat Guylaine Dumont and Annie Martin, Canada, 21-13, 12-21, 15-9