They’re the two women who handed Kerri Walsh-Jennings, alongside her beach volleyball partner April Ross, her first Olympic loss on Tuesday to reach the gold medal match against Germany. “There is no other feeling, only sadness,” player Dani Lins told Brazil’s Globo newspaper after the loss. [Viruses abound in Rio’s beach volleyball sand]But Seixas and Bednarczuk are doing their part to help their homeland avoid that dubious distinction. Aged 29 and 33, respectively, Seixas and Bednarczuk won the 2015 beach volleyball world championships to earn their first Olympic berth. Ludwig and Walkenhorst took out Larissa and Talita, who are the third-ranked beach volleyball team in the world, in the semifinals.

Source: Washington Post August 17, 2016 17:04 UTC