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Saxton & Schalk claim Klagenfurt bronze before Olympic debut
- Updated: July 31, 2016
Klagenfurt, Austria, July 31, 2016 – Seven days before Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk make their Olympic debut on the sands of Copacabana, the Canadians were winning a FIVB World Tour bronze medal here Sunday after posting a three-set win over “new” Polish team at the US$800,000 A1 Major Klagenfurt.
Seeded third in the competition, Saxton and Schalk claimed the $32,000 third-place prize by defeating 11th-seeded Bartosz Losiak and Michal Bryl of Poland 2-1 (23-21, 17-21, 15-12) in a 53-minute bronze medal match before an overflowing crowd of 8,000 for the fourth of five SWATCH Major Series events on the 2015-2016 FIVB World Tour calendar.
The bronze medal finish was the Canadians second this season as Saxton and Schalk advanced to the podium earlier this month at the Porec Major in Croatia. The pair defeated Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins in the third-place match July 3 in Porec and the Latvians gained revenged earlier Sunday with a 2-0 (21-16, 21-18) semi-final win in 34 minutes.
Playing in their first-ever FIVB World Tour event due to an injury for Losiak’s long-time partner Piotr Kantor, the Polish pair shared $24,000 for their fourth-place …
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