Aussies, Canadians, Germans & Swiss advance to women’s Beach quarterfinals

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 13, 2015 – Women’s pairs from Australia, Canada, Germany and Switzerland captured the last four women’s quarter-final berths here Saturday in the Beach Volleyball competition at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on iconic Copacabana.

The four countries join two tandems from Brazil and teams from Russia and the United States in the “Elite 8” where the quarter-final matches will be played Sunday to set the field for Tuesday’s semi-finals.  The women’s medal matches will be play Wednesday followed by the men’s podium placing confrontations on Thursday.

Winning “Sweet 16” matches Saturday in order were Heather Bansley/Sarah Pavan of Canada, Laura Ludwig/Kira Walkenhorst of Germany, Joana Heidrich/Nadine …

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