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Copacabana women’s golden contest pits Germany vs. Brazil
- Updated: August 17, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 17, 2016 – It will be Germany vs. Brazil for the women’s gold medal at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games after pairs from the European and South American countries won semi-final matches at the 12,000–seat “Coliseu on Copacabana” Tuesday afternoon and early Wednesday morning.
With the sixth women’s Olympic gold medal at stake as the Rio 2016 “Summer” Games marks the 20th anniversary of the introduction of the sport into the quadrennial program, fourth-seeded and FIVB World Tour leader Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst of Germany will meet second-seeded and reigning FIVB world champions Agatha Bednarczuk/Barbara Seixas of Brazil for the gold medal in a “mid-night madness” match at the “Coliseu on Copacabana”.
Both teams netted two-set semi-final wins as Ludwig and Walkenhorst secured Germany’s first women’s Olympic podium placement by posting a 2-0 (21-18, 21-12) win in 38 minutes over top-seeded and heavily-favored Talita Antunes and Larissa Franca of Brazil. In the semi-final’s “mid-night madness” match, Agatha and Barbara eliminated third-seeded April Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings of the United States from gold medal contention with a 2-0 (22-20, 21-18) win in 48 minutes.
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