High hopes for the Grimalt cousins at the Chilean stop of the South American tour

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High hopes for the Grimalt cousins at the Chilean stop of the South American tour

Marco and Esteban Grimalt won the first stop of the circuit that was held in Sante Fe, Argentina in November 2012

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, February 6, 2013 – The Grimalt cousins Marco and Esteban are the favourites to with the next stop on the South American beach volleyball tour that will be held in Viña del Mar, Chile from February 8 to 10. The tournament will feature 24 foreign teams representing Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Venezuela and 6 pairs representing the host country.

Jose Beltran (president of the Chilean Volleyball Federation), Jose Zapata, on behalf of the Mayor Virginia Reginato, and the local players Marco and Esteban Grimalt, Francisca Rivas and Natalia Depassier were present at the official launch of this beach volleyball stop.

Jose Beltran also announced that Chile will organise another South American Tour stop saying, “The South American Confederation is very satisfied with our work and organisation and how we boost the development of beach volleyball. That gives us the chance to organise another South American stop and we will do it at the city of Linares.”

The cousins Marco and Esteban Grimalt look forward to retaining their title obtained at the first stop at the Santa Fe venue in Argentina. “We want to win at home, with our audience and also keep on top of the South American ranking. That is one of our goals to keep preparing ourselves for the World Circuit and the 2014 South American Games,” said Esteban Grimalt.

Chileans Francisca Rivas and Camila Pazdirek found themselves on the podium at the Santa Fe stop – the first time Chile has medalled in 24 years. “We are working in improving our volleyball. We keep improving and hope to be on the Podium once more,” said Rivas.

Participating teams:

Men

ARGENTINA 1 - Ian Mehamed/ Julian Azaad
ARGENTINA 2 - Santiago Etchegaray/ Pablo Bianchi

BOLIVIA 1 - Alanl Martinez Velasquez/ Kevin Canedo

BRAZIL 1 - Evandro Gonçalves/ Vitor Filipe
BRAZIL 2 - Álvaro Magliano/ Thiago Santos

CHILE 1 - Esteban Grimalt/ Marco Grimalt
CHILE 2 - Cristobal Martinez/ Rodrigo Salinas
CHILE 3 - Roberto Ordenes/ Nicolas Meza

COLOMBIA 1 - Carlos Vasquez/ Miguel Montoya

PARAGUAY 1 - Mauricio Brizuela/ Luis Riveros
PARAGUAY 2 - Jorge Gaona/ Jose Ortiz

PERU 1 - Williams Maldonado/ Roger Rengifo

URUGUAY 1 - Renzo Cairús/ Maximiliano Santiago

VENEZUELA 1 - Jesus Villafañe/ Jackson Henriquez
VENEZUELA 2 - Farid Mussa/ Fernando Ramos

Women

ARGENTINA 1 - Virginia Zonta/ Ana Gallay
ARGENTINA 2 - Georgina Klug/ Natali Flaviani

BOLIVIA 1 - Franschesca Canedo/ María Luisa Ortiz

BRAZIL 1 - Ângela Vieira / Maria Clara Salgado
BRAZIL 2 - Elize Maia / Fernanda Berti

CHILE 1 - Camila Pazdirek / Francisca Rivas
CHILE 2 - Natalia Depassier/ María del Pilar Mardones
CHILE 3 - Chris Vorpalh / Carolina Piña

COLOMBIA 1 – Andrea Galindo/Claudia Galindo
COLOMBIA 2 - Margarita Guzman/ Ingrid Lopez

PARAGUAY 1 - Patricia Caballero / Ghirda Sanabria
PARAGUAY 2 - Adriana Marti / Katrin Thiede

URUGUAY 1 - Karina Cardozo/ Mariana Guerrero

VENEZUELA 1 - Orquidea Vera / Frankelina Cardoso
VENEZUELA 2 - Karelys Mosquera / Milagros Hernandez

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