Herrera and Gavira top pool and send Gibb and Patterson out of Rio 2016

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 10, 2016 – Pablo Herrera and Adrian Gavira beat Jacob Gibb and Casey Patterson 2-1 (21-19, 16-21, 15-7) to top their pool and progress to the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games beach volleyball elimination rounds on Wednesday. 

However, the result means that Gibb and Patterson – two time FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour gold medallists – are knocked out after they finished bottom of the pool. READ MORE

Three of the six pools completed on Wednesday with the top two teams progressing to the round of 16. The top two third-placed teams join them, while the other four third-placed teams will play off for the remaining two berths after the other pools wrap up on Thursday. 

Qatar’s Jefferson Pereira and Cherif Younousse join …

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