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Alison and Bruno hit new heights on way to Olympic glory
- Updated: August 19, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 18, 2016 – Alison Cerutti and Bruno Schmidt lived up to their status as Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games favourites by defeating Daniele Lupo and Paolo Nicolai in front of a full house of 12,000 at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Thursday.
The Brazilians defeated the Italians 2-0 (21-19, 21-17) and can now add Olympic gold to their 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships title and their 2015 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour victory.
For Alison in particular the win makes up for four years ago at London 2012. Just as he did this year Alison went in as reigning world champion, but he and then partner Emanuel Rego fell at the final hurdle when they lost to Germany’s Jonas …
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