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Germany claim European beach volleyball first
Aug 10th, 2012
Germans Jonas Reckermann and Julius Brink won a thrilling final against Brazilian top seeds Emanuel Rego and Alison Cerutti on Thursday to become Europe's first ever Olympic beach volleyball champions. (Source: AFP) -
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