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Beach volleyball 08/08/2016

Pool D thrillers continue with Latvians defeating Canadians

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 7, 2016 - Forecasted to be the toughest of the six men’s pools in the Rio 2016 Olympic Beach Volleyball competition did materialize here Sunday and early Monday with both Pool D matches being three-setters concluding with an Latvian come-from-behind win over Canada.

Beach volleyball 08/08/2016

Lion King roars way to victory

Rio de Janeiro, August 7, 2016 – Latvia’s Janis Smedins and Aleksandrs Samoilovs began their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games campaign by beating Canada’s Chaim Schalk and Ben Saxton 2-1 (21-17, 18-21, 15-13) at the Copacabana Beach Arena on Sunday.

Beach volleyball 06/08/2016

The Lion King begins his quest for gold against Canada

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 6, 2016 - Latvia's Lion King, Aleksandrs Samoilovs, and his partner Janis Smedins try to recapture London Olympics magic against Canada's Ben Saxton/Chaim Schalk in the final match of day two.

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1 Aleksandrs Samoilovs
2 Janis Smedins

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1 Chaim Schalk
2 Ben Saxton

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Rankings

Rank	Teams	Points	Won	Lost	Sets Won	Sets Lost	Ratio	Points Won	Points Lost	Ratio
1	Nivaldo/Gonzalez CUB	6	3	0	6	2	3.000	159	142	1.1197
2	Pedro Solberg/Evandro BRA	4	1	2	4	5	0.800	167	159	1.0503
3	Schalk/Saxton CAN	4	1	2	3	5	0.600	138	149	0.9262
4	Samoilovs/Smedins LAT	4	1	2	4	5	0.800	150	164	0.9146