{"id":12986,"date":"2012-07-31T01:49:09","date_gmt":"2012-07-30T23:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/07\/olympics-beach-volleyball-music-loving-canadians-hit-losing-note\/"},"modified":"2012-07-31T01:49:09","modified_gmt":"2012-07-30T23:49:09","slug":"olympics-beach-volleyball-music-loving-canadians-hit-losing-note","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/olympics-beach-volleyball-music-loving-canadians-hit-losing-note\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympics-Beach volleyball-Music-loving Canadians hit losing note"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Nigel Hunt<\/span><\/p>\n

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LONDON, July 30<\/span> (Reuters) – Canada’s Martin Reader enjoyed
\nthe music but failed to hit a winning note as his pairing with
\nJoshua Binstock lost to Norway’s Tarjei Skarlund and Martin
\nSpinnangr in the Olympic men’s beach volleyball tournament on
\nMonday.<\/p>\n

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“It’s not as hot as other venues, but it’s the best by far.
\nThe music choice and sound system are great,” he said, following
\na 2-0 (21-14, 21-18) loss to the Norwegians in Pool F at a cool
\nbut sunny Horse Guards Parade.<\/p>\n

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“I love the electronic music they play here and they tend to
\njam on court and we take energy from that as well,” he added.<\/p>\n

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Music from Robbie Williams to the Beach Boys is blared out
\nby loudspeakers during the matches with only brief interludes
\nwhile points are contested. Even the team which rakes the sand
\ntry to keep in time with the beat.<\/p>\n

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The Canadians defeated Britain’s Steven Grotowski and John
\nGarcia-Thompson in their first match while the Norwegians lost
\nto Brazilian pairing of Pedro Henrique Cunha and Ricardo Santos.<\/p>\n

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The British pair face the Brazilians later on Monday.<\/p>\n

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“We are now on fire. All the nerves of the first game have
\ngone,” Skarlund told reporters.<\/p>\n

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Latvia’s flamboyant Aleksandrs Samoilovs, known as the Lion
\nKing because of his wild mane of hair, and his partner Ruslans
\nSorokins reached the knockout stage of the tournament with a 2-0
\n(21-16, 21-10) victory against South Africa in Pool D.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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