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Lupo and Nicolai staying grounded despite Rio silver
- Updated: September 7, 2016
Rome, Italy, September 7, 2016 – Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai may have been feted across Italy since they returned home from the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games with the beach volleyball silver medals round their necks, but they are determined to keep their feet on the ground to ensure they have plenty more medals to add to their collections in the future.
Lupo and Nicola’s run to the gold medal match captured Italy’s imagination and provided essential viewing for Italy’s beach volleyball fans, most notably in Nicolai’s home town of Ortona on Italy’s east coast, where a big screen was set up to follow their local hero’s progress.
“I’m living a moment after feeling emotions that I didn’t think I’d ever achieve,” Nicolai told Italian sports daily La Gazzetta dello …
