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Copa Courts activity grows with star showing
- Updated: August 19, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016 – Although beach volleyball is going into its last day of competition, the activity at the Copa Courts shows no signs of slowing down as young children worked side-by-side volleyball stars from the Netherlands, Australia and Norway.
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Copa Courts On Thursday, Netherlands’ Marleen van Iersel carried out a clinic with around 20 children working alongside her coach Angie Akers from the US, an Olympic medalist in the sport. “The children are so enthusiastic!” said van Iersel. “There’s a really good energy here. It’s important for kids to do sports, no matter what they do, as long as they just move and know their own body.”
But it was a friendly match with the children that produced some of the more memorable moments for Angie Akers on Thursday. 10-year-old Camila Leite, refused to let Angie change sides when some participants had to pull out of the match. In …
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