European three standing between world champs and Olympic glory

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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 15, 2016 – Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai enjoyed the better of a thrilling two-set clash against Nikita Liamin and Dmitri Barsuk to reach the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games semifinals at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Monday. 

The Italians, who won the European Championships earlier in the year, won the first set. The Russians fought back in the second, but once Lupo and Nicolai grabbed the lead in the tie-break they held on to it and won with a Nicolai block. READ MORE

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