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Gold medalists Misty May (L) and Kerri Walsh of the USA |
(L-R): Shelda-Adriana, Walsh-May, Cook-Sanderson |
(L-R): Adriana, Walsh, May and Cook |
Brazil's silver medalists Adriana Brandao Behar (R) and Shelda Kelly Bruno |
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Aussie bronze medalists Natalie Cook (L) and Nicole Sanderson |
(L-R): Shelda-Adriana, Walsh-May, Cook-Sanderson |
Ana Paula receives SWATCH award for season's fastest serve |
Silver-medalists Shelda (L) and Adriana |
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Winners podium: (L-R) Shelda-Adriana, Walsh-May, Cook-Sanderson |
Americans May (R) and Walsh after winning gold |
May celebrates |
Shelda sets |
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American Misty May |
May (R) pokes past Adriana in the final |
Center court |
Packed center court on Copacabana Beach |
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Balloons go off on center court |
Aussie Sanderson (facing) celebrates bronze with Cook |
Bronze-medal action on center court |
Jordan (R) sets for Davis |
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Sanderson (L) spikes as Davis blocks in the bronze-medal playoff |
Brazilian flag in Rio |
(L-R) Mr. Ruy, Sandra Pires, Ana Paula and Mr. Graca |
Shelda talks to her fans after reaching the final |
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Brazilian TV captures Adriana and Shelda's joy |
Victory for Adriana (L) and Shelda on their 8th anniversary |
Shelda salutes her fans |
Joy for Adriana |
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Jenny Jordan receives |
Defensive ace Shelda |
Brazil's Adriana (R) cuts past Davis |
American Annett Davis |
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Adriana in semi-final action |
Center Court |
May (L) gets above Cook |
Sanderson sets |
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Sanderson (R) and May in a battle at the net |
Brazilian fans brave the rain in Rio |
Walsh (L) and Cook |
Center Court on Copacabana |
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Fans in Rio |
Sandra Pires |
Annett Davis sets |
Brazil's Ana Paula Connelly |
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Jordan of America (R) and Sandra Pires of Brazil joust |
Brazilian Beach fans |
Joy for Sanderson (L) and Cook |
Aussie Nicole Sanderson |
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Beach advertising in Rio |
USA's Holly McPeak |
Schnyder-Neoit of Switzerland sets |
Swiss Simone Kuhn |
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Germany's Okka Rau |
American Jenny Jordan |
Davis sets against Germany in the last 16 |
Annett Davis of the USA |
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Jordan (R) and Pohl joust |
Germany v Brazil |
Center Court action on Copacabana |
Germany Helke Claasen |
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Avid Brazilian Beach fans |
Brazil v Germany quarter-final |
Ana Paula reaches out |
Center Court on Copacabana Beach |
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Wang in defense |
Shelda (L) and Adriana celebrate a fightback win |
Wang serves |
Lu of China goes to block Adriana of Brazil |
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World Tour ranking champions Ana Paula (L) and Sandra Pires |
Press attention for World Tour champions Ana Paula and Sandra Pires |
China's Wang Fei prepares to serve |
Great victory for Claasen (L) and Deister of Germany |
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Bump set from China's Tian Jia |
China's Wang (R) spikes, Claasen of Germany blocks |
Thumbs up from Adriana |
Japan's Chiaki Kushara |
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Adriana of Brazil sets |
Brazil's defending champion Shelda Kelly Bruno |
China versus Germany on Court 2 |
American Holly McPeak in defense |
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Ingrid Torlen of Norway |
Volunteers rake the sand between sets |
American Misty May |
Vollmer digs |
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Vollmer prepares to serve |
Germany's Jana Vollmer |
Swiss Simone Kuhn |
Andrea Ahmann |
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Germany's Okka Rau defends |
Germany's Andrea Ahmann |
Snap happy photographers on Copacabana |
Bump set from Petia Yanchulova |
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Perfect set from Petia Yanchulova |
Petia Yanchulova |
Lina Yanchuolva spikes, Angela Clarke blocks |
Aussie Kylie Gerlic gets up against Petia Yanchulova of Brazil |
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Felisberta Silva celebrates win |
Jackie Silva sets |
Felisberta Silva makes a vain attempt to dig |
Brazilian Beach fans |
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Brazil's Felisberta Silva |
Jackie Silva of Brazil cuts a shot past Greek Karadassiou |
Greece's Efi Sfyri |
Brazil's Felisberta Silva blocks Greek Sfyri |
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Alexandra in flying action |
Ribeiro (facing) and Shaylyn |
Minello sets |
Joy for Brazilian Alexandra |
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Brazil's Minello mid serve |
Bulgaria's Lina Yanchulova |
Beach legend Jackie Silva after making the last 16 |
Ribeiro blocks fellow Brazilian Minello |
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Brazil's Adriana |
Angela Clarke of Australia shows good finger control |
Aussie Kylie Gerlic in defense |
Shelda of Brazil |
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Brazil's Adriana celebrates beating Australia |
Aussie Angela Clarke prepares to serve |
Shelda |
France's Tat Riera |
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Aussie Nicole Sanderson |
Avid Brazilian Beach fans |
Kuhn (L) spikes, Renata blocks |
Brazil's Shaylyn Kelly Bruno (R) and Kuhn |
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Schnyder-Benoit sets up Kuhn |
Brazil's Renata Martin (L) and Swiss Simon Kuhn |
Claasen sets Deister |
Greek Vasso Karadassiou |
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Germany's Judith Deister sets |
Sfyri of Greece serves |
Germany's Helke Claasen |
A referee signals in the drizzling rain |
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Rau bump sets |
Guylaine Dumont of Canada |
Canada's Dumon gets up to block Rau |
Fist-pumping German Okka Rau |
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Kerri Walsh |
China's You Wenhui |
American Kerri Walsh sets in the drizzling rain |
Annett Davis of the USA |
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Julia Willand receives |
Kadijk of The Nehterlands and America's Jordan compete at the net |
Arvanity of Greece serves |
Greece's Efi Sfyri |
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South Africa's Willand jousts with Sfyri of Greece |
Willand makes a brave attempt to retrieve |
South Africa's Julia Willand in flying action |
Sona Novakova of the Czech Republic |
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Czech Sona Novakova attempts to block DeNecochea of the USA |
Italy's Lucilla Perrotat |
Cuban Milagros Victoria Crespo |
Ana Paula of Brazil jousts with Cuba's Esteves Ribalta |
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Brazilian Shelda receives |
Shelda of Brazil sets for her partner Adriana |
Brazil's Adriana shows good finger control |
France's Virginie Kadjo sets |
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Brazil's Shelda Kelly Bruno |
Cook (R) and Sanderson with Aussie fans on Copacobana |
Brazil's Minello (R) gets up to block Granstrom of Sweden |
Norway's Wigg (R) and Kadijk of The Netherlands |
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Swiss Schnyder attempts to evade Hansel of Austria |
The Netherlands's Rebekka Kadijk |
Austria's Barbara Hansel goes for a push shot past Swiss Simone Kuhn |
Canada's Nancy Gougeon |
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Brazil's Shalyn Kelly Bruno gets up at the net against Canada |
