Beach Volleyball at the Summer Olympic Games Paris 2024

[Josh 11,045]

 Mol/Sørum defeat the  the Grimalts to open up their Olympic campaign.
 

Nice straight sets win for the Volley Vikings, in Vienna it was a really tight three set match.

[Grassmarket 3,610]

Very entertaining  & .   Doing very well in spite of labouring under the same handicap as Dutch Alpine skiers & Jamaican bobsleigh pilots.

 

Also, great late-night party atmosphere in the crowd.

Edited July 28, 2024 by Grassmarket

[heywoodu 15,335]

BBC (especially) even bothering the Italian players this morning, trying to take away their joy in the win  

 

Do they simply not do their job, and just now, after years of regular international play, start forcing every single athlete to give their opinion (with a 'no comment' as the angry Italians rightfully said, undoubtedly followed by 'they support it!')?

[Josh 11,045]

First Olympic action for me today! 
 

We’ll just ignore that I completely forgot about the first beach volleyball match. 

[Josh 11,045]

  On 7/28/2024 at 9:19 AM, MatiReimundo said:

Lets goo the rapist lost 

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Did you watch the match? I want to know if the crowd was booing him or not 

[tirtha22 234]

  On 7/29/2024 at 8:56 AM, Josh said:

Did you watch the match? I want to know if the crowd was booing him or not 

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As per media,

 

Steven van de Velde, the Dutch beach volleyball player who served time in prison for having sex with a 12-year-old girl, received a mixture of boos and applause when he was introduced before losing his opening match on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.

[Josh 11,045]

 
 

Bansley/Bukovec are really struggling. 

Edited July 29, 2024 by Josh

[Faramir 376]

  On 7/29/2024 at 8:56 AM, Josh said:

Did you watch the match? I want to know if the crowd was booing him or not 

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a bit but not as much as I expected (although the crowd was clearly on the side of the Italians)

[Josh 11,045]

  On 7/29/2024 at 9:21 AM, Faramir said:

a bit but not as much as I expected (although the crowd was clearly on the side of the Italians)

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I was talking to @MatiReimundo 

[Josh 11,045]

Very disappointing (probably) group stage exit for  Bansley/Bukovec, although they did get a tough group. 
 

Damn it.