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Schmitt drives Canada to historic win and Rio 2016 quarterfinals
- Updated: August 16, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15, 2016 – Canada beat Italy for the first time ever in any official FIVB competition to secure a spot in the men’s quarterfinals of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games with a 3-1 (25-23, 25-17, 16-25, 25-21) win led by Gavin Schmitt.It was Italy’s first defeat in the competition, but the Azzuri were already assured of a first-place finish in the pool.Matteo Piano was not even on the bench and Italy coach Gianlorenzo Blengini started the match without his team’s top scorer Ivan Zaytsev -meaning Luca Vettori and Oleg Antonov were on the …
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