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Key pool matches highlight Tuesday’s Beach schedule
- Updated: August 8, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 8, 2016 – Day 4 of Beach Volleyball pool play competition here Tuesday at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games will feature four matches that will determine group leadership.
Being played at the 12,000-seat “Coliseu on Copacabana”, two of the six women’s matches will determine group leaders (Pools D and E) Tuesday as will two of the six men’s contests (Pool C and D).
On the women’s side of Tuesday’s schedule, the featured Pool D match will pit Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst of Germany against Jamie Broder/Kristina Valjas of Canada as each team defeated pairs from Egypt and Italy, respectively, Sunday. Ludwig and Walkenhorst have won five of six international meetings with the Canadians.
In women’s Pool E, Canadians Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan meet Joana Heidrich/Nadine Zumkehr of Switzerland. Bansley and Pavan defeated a Dutch team Sunday while the Swiss upset higher-seeded Karla Borger and Britta Buthe of …
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