USA’s May-Treanor/Walsh stop China’s Xue/Zhang for London 2012 beach volleyball semifinal win
Zhang Xi (receiving) and Chen Xue are one of the favourites for an Olympic medal in London having claimed bronze medals in Beijing and at the 2011 World Championships
Lausanne, Switzerland, July 20, 2012 – Beijing Olympics women’s bronze medallists Zhang Xi and Chen Xue of China will open the beach volleyball competition of the 2012 London Olympic Games when they play the first match against Russia’s Anastasia Vasina and Anna Vozakova at Horse Guards Parade at 09:00 (local time) on Saturday, July 28.
The schedule for the beach volleyball competition was confirmed by the FIVB, LOCOG and the Olympic Broadcasting Services on Friday following the drawing of lots on Thursday in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Women‘s and men’s matches will be mixed throughout the preliminary phase of the beach volleyball competition, which will run over six days with three sessions per day (09:00-12:50, 14:30-18:20, 20:00-23:50), and four matches per session except for the final day of pool play on Thursday, August 2 when there will be six matches in session two.
The preliminary phase will then be followed by the knock out final phase, starting with two days of round of 16 matches followed by the quarterfinals and then the semifinals on August 7 and the medal matches on August 8 and 9 for women and men respectively.
Defending women’s champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh from USA will also be in action in the last match on the opening day, taking on Sydney champion and five-time Olympian Natalie Cook of Australia and her partner Tamsin Hinchley at 23:00.
USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will start the defence of their men’s title on Sunday when they play Japan‘s Kentaro Asahi and Katsuhiro Shiratori at 22:00.
World champions Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva of Brazil will also be in action on the opening day, taking on Natacha Rigobert and Elodie Li Yuk Lo of Mauritius at 17:30 while their men’s counterparts Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti start their campaign on Sunday at 11:00 against Austria’s Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst.
The schedule for the beach volleyball competition was confirmed by the FIVB, LOCOG and the Olympic Broadcasting Services on Friday following the drawing of lots on Thursday in Klagenfurt, Austria.
Women‘s and men’s matches will be mixed throughout the preliminary phase of the beach volleyball competition, which will run over six days with three sessions per day (09:00-12:50, 14:30-18:20, 20:00-23:50), and four matches per session except for the final day of pool play on Thursday, August 2 when there will be six matches in session two.
The preliminary phase will then be followed by the knock out final phase, starting with two days of round of 16 matches followed by the quarterfinals and then the semifinals on August 7 and the medal matches on August 8 and 9 for women and men respectively.
Defending women’s champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh from USA will also be in action in the last match on the opening day, taking on Sydney champion and five-time Olympian Natalie Cook of Australia and her partner Tamsin Hinchley at 23:00.
USA’s Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser will start the defence of their men’s title on Sunday when they play Japan‘s Kentaro Asahi and Katsuhiro Shiratori at 22:00.
World champions Larissa França and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva of Brazil will also be in action on the opening day, taking on Natacha Rigobert and Elodie Li Yuk Lo of Mauritius at 17:30 while their men’s counterparts Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti start their campaign on Sunday at 11:00 against Austria’s Clemens Doppler and Alexander Horst.
Source http://www.fivb.org/en/olympics/london2012/viewPressReleaseBVB.asp?No=36432&Language=en
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