Opening Rio 2016 Olympic Beach Volleyball schedule features Olympic medal winners

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 6, 2016 – Six men’s and six women’s contests will be played here Saturday and early Sunday to open the Beach Volleyball competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games highlighted by matches featuring Olympic medal winners Alison Cerutti of Brazil, Pablo Herrera of Spain and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States on the center court at the at the “Coliseu on Copacabana”.

Alison, the silver medal winner from the London 2012 Olympic Games with Emanuel Rego, teams this time in the Rio 2016 Summer Games with Bruno Oscar Schmidt as the top-seeded Brazilians meet Pool A opponent Josh Binstock and Sam Schachter of Canada in the second of 12 men’s and women’s matches on the opening day schedule.

Herrera, who claimed the silver medal at the Athens 2004 Olympics with Javier Bosma, …

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