VIDEO: Brink talks up former rival Alison and partner Bruno

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 11, 2016 – London 2012 Olympic Games gold medallist Julius Brink told former Olympic triple-jump champion Jonathan Edwards his favourties for gold in Rio de Janeiro were Brazilians Alison Cerutti and Bruno Oscar Schmidt.Edwards and former swimmer and triple Olympic champion Pieter Van Den Hoogenband joined Brink and double Olympic indoor volleyball gold medallist Mauricio Lima of Brazil to test their skills at the #CopaCourts on Copacabana Beach.Playing just a few hundred metres from the Olympic beach volleyball stadium, Edwards and Brink discussed the German’s memories of winning in London in 2012 with partner Jonas Reckermann, his favourites to win the title in Rio and Europe’s place in beach volleyball.Brink said: “It’s good to be here because we see all the pictures again and in a couple of days it will be the fourth anniversary of our victory in London. It’s hard to describe in words what that feeling is about when I think about Horse Guards Parade. Everybody is saying about Copacabana that it’s the best venue we’ve ever seen, but for me Horse Guards Parade was the …

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