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Olympic berth on the line in Venezuela

Venezuela train ahead of the CSV Continental Cup, which begins on Saturday
Naguanagua, Venezuela, June 1, 2012 – The Bicentenario Complex of Naguanagua, will host the CSV Men’s Beach Volleyball Continental Cup finals from Saturday with hosts Venezuela set to clash with Chile for a place at the London 2012 Olympic Games.

The tournament, which will conclude on Sunday, will be a round-robin format in a state-of-the-art venue built especially for this historical event, the biggest to be held in the country.

Venezuela’s two duos started training for their London dream months ago, with Igor Hernández-Jesús Villafañe and Farid Mussa- Jackson Henríquez being coached by Mauro Hernández.

The Chilean teams to take on these tandems are cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt and Cristóbal Martínez and Rodrigo Salinas.
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