Pedro and Evandro put lessons into practice to progress

Rio de Janeiro, August 11, 2016 – Brazil’s Pedro Salgado and Evandro Goncalves won their final pool match at the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games 2-1 (21-16, 20-22, 15-7) against Latvia’s Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins at Copacabana Beach Arena on Thursday. It sends the Brazilians through to the elimination rounds and means the Latvians exit the competition. 

Here’s what they said after the match…

Pedro Salgado, Brazil

“We had a bad start (at the Games) and now we are playing well and we are just trying to maintain our rhythm and focus. Our defense was better today and now we got the victory. We are qualified.”

Evandro Goncalves, Brazil

“We knew from what other people were saying that it was …

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