Brazilian youngsters George & Arthur claim the U21 gold

Lucerne, Switzerland, May 16, 2016 – George Souto Maior Wanderley (19) and Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci (20) claimed their second FIVB age-group gold at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships in Lucerne on Monday. The Brazilians defeated Josue Gaston Gaxiola Leyva and Jose Luis Rubio Camargo from Mexico 2-0 (21-17, 22-20) in the final. It was a tight match against Gaxiola and Rubio, who are the first Mexican team to win a FIVB age-group medal. Strong blocking Rubio was voted most valuable player of the tournament and ruled at the net. But the Brazilians found their way around the big block with well-placed shots to win the first set easily. In the second set Mexico took a two-point lead and seemed to have a chance to enforce a tiebreak, but in the end the Brazilians levelled to claim the gold at their second match point. “It was a tight match again”, George …

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