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Beach, sun and volleyball

Brazil’s beach volleyball world champions Larissa Franca and Juliana Felisberta thumped their way into the Olympic quarter finals on Friday by beating a young Dutch pair who won over the crowd with their defensive diving.

Larissa and Juliana have dominated the women’s world tour for several years but they missed out on the Beijing Olympics in 2008 after Juliana had to pull out with a knee injury.

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