I was reading up on the World championship results last week on ESPN. Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann of Germany beat the top-seeded Brazilians, Harley and Alison in straight sets 21-16, 21-19 to take out the mens. April Ross and Jennifer Kessy from the USA won the womens 30-28, 23-21 beating Brazilians Larissa and Juliana. That’s a pretty bad day for Brazil 😉
Brink Reckermann have backed up again and won the event in Gstaad, which brings them tantalisingly close to being ranked world number one.
According to ESPN the Magazine, Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann are the first European team to have ever won the mens World Champs, and they are also the first German team to have ever won back to back events. ESPN has a pretty good coverage of the Stavanger event. There are a lot of good pics if you run a search for “beach volleyball”.
On the topic of ESPN, I have found a website offering discounted magazine subscriptions one of which looks like a great deal on ESPN the magazine.
The site is called magarena.com and offers discounts on a huge range of magazine subscriptions, from business to the arts with stacks of information on each magazine. They have over 500 titles and over 2000 subscription offers.