FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championship: Brazil’s Duda and Ana Patricia Bagged the Trophy in Lucerne

Lucerne, Switzerland, May 16, 2016 – Eduarda ‘Duda’ Santos Lisboa and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos both age 17 bagged the top crown at the FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships on Monday in Lucerne. The youth olympic champions from Brazil easily handled Russia’s Nadezda Makroguzova and Svetlana Kholomina 2-0 (21-18, 21-8) in the final.

The Russians plan was to target the tall Ana Patricia at all times but it didn't matter since the blocker stayed compose and was able to hit the ball to the sand.

This is the first FIVB age-group title of Ana Patricia  besides the Youth Olympic gold in 2014 with Duda in Nanjing. While Eduarda has already seven medals before in her short career. She won silver at the 2013 U23, gold at the U19 in 2013 and 2014 with different partners and two gold (2016 Fortaleza, Maceio), one silver (2015 Puerto Vallarta) and one bronze (2015 Prague) with Elize Secomandi Maia at World Tour Opens.

In the battle for Bronze, Megan and Nicole McNamara from Canada won the medal in an exciting come from behind  from one set down (18-21, 23-21, 15-10) against USA’s Sarah Sponcil and Torrey Van Winden.

In men's FIVB Beach Volleyball U21 World Championships, fellow Brazilians George Souto Maior Wanderley (19) and Arthur Diego Mariano Lanci (20) got the gold after beating  Josue Gaston Gaxiola Leyva and Jose Luis Rubio Camargo from Mexico 2-0 (21-17, 22-20) in the final.