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Women's beach volleyball match cancelled in Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Beach Volleyball - Women - Pool F - Japan (Ishii/Murakami) v Czech Republic (Hermannova/Slukova) - Shiokaze Park, Tokyo, Japan - July 24, 2021. [REUTERS/John Sibley]

Japan's Miki Ishii and Megumi Murakami won the first women's match of the beach volleyball tournament at the Tokyo Olympics by default after their Czech opponents withdrew due to Covid-19.

Marketa Nausch-Slukova tested positive earlier this week, forcing her and partner Barbora Hermannova to pull out and hand the hosts a 2-0 victory.

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