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- Updated: August 9, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 9, 2016 – Canada’s Ben Saxton and Chaim Schalk recorded their first win at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games when they beat Brazil’s Pedro Salgado and Evandro Goncalves 2-1 (17-21, 21-18, 16-14) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Tuesday.
Here’s what they said after the match…
Chaim Schalk, Canada
“We just played steady. That’s a very physical team that likes to serve really tough. Going in, we knew we had to deal with it, we knew we had to control the ball and control the tempo.
“We were just able to grind them down and keep pushing. I’m really proud of our fight today.
“They’re hostile a little bit (the crowd). It’s funny when they’re booing us, I think. It doesn’t really rattle us, so they can boo us all they want and that’s just going …
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