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Tigerish Lupo and Nicolai set for ultimate test
- Updated: August 17, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 16, 2016 – Italy’s Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai reached the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games beach volleyball men’s gold medal match by defeating Russia’s Konstantin Semenov and Viacheslav Krasilnikov 2-1 (15-21, 21-16, 15-13) in the semifinals at the Copacabana Beach Venue on Tuesday.
On Thursday they will meet Brazil’s Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt in the gold medal match, while Semenov and Krasilnikov will take on the Netherlands’ Alexander Brouwer and Robert Meeuwsen in the bronze medal match.
Here’s what they said after the match….
Paolo Nicolai, Italy
“I don’t how many times I will have the chance to play in the final of an Olympic Games, so I want to try to do the best that I can. We are excited to play this match in Brazil against the best team in the world.
“For sure it (gold medal match) will be a tough match and will be very, very enjoyable to …
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