German BBs rebound on Copacabana

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 9, 2016 – After starting the Rio 2016 Olympic Games Beach Volleyball competition with a defeat, Germans Karla Borger and Britta Buthe rebounded with a Pool E win here Tuesday evening against Jantine van der Vlist and Sophie van Gestel of The Netherlands.

Entering the Rio quadrennial as the second-ranked team in their pool, Borger and Buthe posted a 2-0 (21-19, 21-14) win in 38 minutes over van der Vlist and van Gestel.  The Dutch women, who led only four times in the match, earned their Copacabana berth via the European confederations Continental Cup competition.

Borger and …

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