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Brazil’s beach legends battle Poland to start off day six
- Updated: August 11, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2016 – Brazil’s beach legends Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca and Monika Brzostek/Kinga Kolosinska of Poland start off day six with a pool A match up of the two unbeaten teams. Both teams have already advanced to the elimination stage.
Head to Head
The two teams have never played each other on the FIVB World Tour.
Historically the #1 seed has won all four previous meetings in the Olympic Games
• Juliana Felisberta/Larissa Franca (1), Brazil def. Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler (12), Germany, 21-18, 21-13 in 41 minutes, Pool Play, London (2012).
• Jia Tian/Jie Wang (1), China def. Susanne Glesnes/Kathrine Maaseide (12), Norway, 17-21, 21-14, 15-8 in 64 minutes, Pool Play, Beijing (2008).
• Misty May-Treanor/Kerri Walsh Jennings (1), United States def. Eva Celbova Rysava/Sona Novakova (12), Czech Republic, 21-17, 21-17 in 40 minutes, Pool Play, Athens (2004).
• Natalie Cook/Kerri Pottharst (1), Australia def. Rong Chi/Zi Xiong (12), China, 15-2 in 30 minutes, Round of 24, Sydney (2000).
Talita Antunes/Larissa Franca, Brazil, Seed #1, Pool A, 2-0, MAX Set Ratio, 1.4237 Point Ratio, Qualified as Host Nation Representative
• Talita: August 29, 1982 (33y11m8d), 181 cm (5’11”), 65 kg (144 lbs.), Hometown Mato Grosso Do Sul, 154th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 4th), 31 gold medals (ranks 6th), $1,391,175 career winnings (ranks 4th). Talita ranks first in FIVB World Tour tournaments played amongst all women’s players competing at the Rio Olympics.
• Larissa: April 14, 1982 (34y3m23d), 174 cm (5’9″), 68 kg (151 lbs.), Hometown Cachoeiro de Itapemirim-Es, 140th FIVB World Tour event (ranks 14th), 59 gold medals (ranks 1st), $1,774,735 career winnings (ranks 1st)
• Talita and Larissa have been playing together since 2014. They are playing in their 25th FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour tournament together, 13 gold medals (ranks 5th), $855,000 career winnings (ranks 9th).
• Talita has played in 78 FIVB World Tour final fours with 31 gold, 16 silver, 15 bronze medals and 16 4th place finishes.
• Larissa has played in 104 FIVB World Tour final four with 59 gold, 22 silver, 18 bronze medals and five 4th place finishes.
• Talita and Larissa have played in 12 Final Fours in 2015-2016 (Gold Moscow Grand Slam 2015, Gold Porec Major 2015, Gold Gstaad Major 2015, Gold Long Beach Grand Slam 2015, Gold Olsztyn Grand Slam 2015, Gold Rio de Janeiro Open 2015, Gold World Tour Finals 2015, Gold Vitória Open 2016, Silver Moscow Grand Slam 2016, …
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