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Broder and Valjas keep focus to fightback for win
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 7, 2016 – Canada’s Jamie-Lyn Broder and Kristina Valjas began their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games campaign by beating Italy’s Marta Menegatti and Laura Giombini 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 15-9) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Sunday.
Here’s what they said after the match….
Jamie-Lyn Broder, Canada
“I think we had a little bit of nerves coming out of the traps as it was our first Olympic experience but once we settled in we got comfortable and controlled the ball on our side and stopped making as many errors, the game came to us.
“Kristina and I are a very close team, very strong and together. That is what I think got us …
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