Swiss Sochi success story

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Sochi, Russia, May 6, 2016 – With all the pre-tournament talk about a possible Argentina versus Russia confrontation as women’s pairs from the two countries compete for the last spot via the FIVB World Tour for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, the “real” match was between Beach Volleyball tandems from China and Switzerland that are also on the “bubble” for the Copacabana quadrennial.

When Russia’s Ekaterina Birlova and Evgeniya Ukolova of Russia were eliminated in the first-round of elimination play here Friday morning by a team from Austria in the US$150,000 Sochi Open at Sport Inn in the Black …

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