RIO OLYMPICS
American beach men miss out on the medal rounds for the second straight Olympics That point was not the reason we
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lost. We got outplayed by Spain and they earned that win. It was definitely
confusing and frustrating, though. — Casey Patterson on a controversial joust call in the third set of his match against Spain, which the Americans lost to keep them out of the elimination bracket.
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THE RIO DEAL: Casey Patterson and Jake Gibb won their first Olympic match, but dropped the next two. Below, Gibb battled Austria’s Alexander Huber at the net. Patterson stuck around Rio to support the American men’s indoor team with his wife, Lexi. At right, Brazil’s Alison Cerutti soaked in the golden glory. (Photos: FIVB)
2016 Olympic Games Men’s Beach Volleyball Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
l Brazil Alison Cerutti / Oscar Bruno Schmidt l Italy Daniele Lupo / Paolo Nicolai l Netherlands Alexander Brouwer / Robert Meeuwsen
Results for U.S. Men’s teams Aug. 6 Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson def. Pereira/Younousse (Qatar) 21-16, 21-16 Aug. 7 Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena def. Belhaj/Naceur (Tunisia) 21-7, 21-13 Aug. 8 Gibb/Patterson lost to Huber/Seidl (Austria) 21-18, 21-18 Aug. 9 Dalhausser/Lucena def. Ontiveros/Virgen (Mexico) 21-14, 21-17 Aug. 10 Gibb/Patterson lost to Gavira/Herrera (Spain) 21-19, 16-21, 15-7 Aug. 11 Dalhausser/Lucena def. Lupo/Nicolai (Italy) 21-13, 17-21, 24-22 Aug. 13 Dalhausser/Lucena def. Huber/Seidl (Austria) 21-14, 21-15 Aug. 15 Dalhausser/Lucena lost to Cerutti/Schmidt (Brazil) 21-14, 12-21, 15-9
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