Anastasija Kravčenok (from remaining) and Tīna Graudiņa have develop into European beach volleyball champions 2 times.
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Graudiņa / Kravčenok twice grow to be European beach volleyball champions.
3 several years in the past in Moscow the victory of Tīna Graudiņa and Anastasia Kravčenok at the European Championship was a terrific shock, now the achievement realized in Munich is anticipated, the Latvian duet was amongst the favorites of the tournament.
This is a perfectly-deserved title for the reason that Graudiņa / Kravčenok played a excellent tournament. Two convincing victories in the team, even in the playoffs in the 1st three rounds, 2-. The toughest struggle was in the remaining towards the Swiss Nina Brunner / Tanya Hiberli, but even there they gained 2: 1 (18:21, 21:15, 15:11).
This Swiss duo hadn’t experienced an effortless time prior to, a win in five online games, but this time it was a thrilling success. “This is a specific instant in our daily life, because these kinds of victories do not take place often,” Anastasia Kravchenok did not cover her feelings following the victory. “We will recall these moments for the relaxation of our life”, echoed Tīna Graudiņa.
So considerably, both of those volleyball players have typically arrived at the semi-closing barrier: final calendar year at the Tokyo Olympic Online games, then in distinct levels of the World Tour, wherever this yr they managed to access the closing after, but did not won. Effectively, the pounds has been lifted off your shoulders. The adult males unsuccessful to make it earlier the round of 16, as Aleksandrs Samoilovs / Jānis Šmēdiņš missing to environment foremost duo Anneš Mūl / Kristian Sērum from Norway with : 2 (16:21, 16:21) in the struggle for satisfy the 1st 8 duets, our crew concluded the competitors in a division in ninth spot. Sweden’s David Åman / Jonatan Helvig unexpectedly became European champions.
This is the fourth European title for Latvian volleyball players. In 2009, Inese Jursone / Inguna Minusa sensationally won the to start with in Sochi, in 2015, in the Austrian town of Klagenfurt, Samoilovs / Šmēdiņš won gold, which also has four silvers in this championship. Also, 12 yrs ago, Mārtiņš Pļaviņš / Jānis Šmēdiņš ended up chasing the bronze. Latvia is the sixth most victorious seaside volleyball country in the European championships.
In the basic volleyball yesterday, victory in Jelgava, but with a hint of bitterness. The Latvian countrywide staff defeated Austria 3: 2 (23:25, 21:25, 25:20, 26:24, 15:12) in the ultimate match of the qualification for the European Championships.
Even in advance of the match there was the theoretical likelihood of receiving a ticket for the European Championship, but then it was essential to gain at minimum 4 sets and hope that the Swiss nationwide group would stumble. They misplaced the initial two and then it was just a struggle for status. The women’s countrywide staff began the qualification with a : 3 defeat (10:25, 12:25, 21:25) towards Slovakia.
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