After the silver medal in beach volleyball: "Very sour"

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After the silver medal in beach volleyball: "Very sour"
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So close, but not all the way. Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson could not prevail over the reigning Olympic champions David Åhman and Jonathan Hellvig. The young Swedes had to settle for silver in their first World Cup final. Right now it's sick, sick of being upset, says Elmer Andersson.

Regardless of how much or little championship experience you have, there is really only one answer to how you feel after losing your first World Cup final.

Not good. I've lost a match, the most important match of my life, so it feels really bad, says Elmer Andersson.

Before the season, coach Anders Kristiansson said that it would probably be a while before Andersson and teammate Jacob Hölting Nilsson reached the absolute world elite.

"I'm glad I was wrong," Kristiansson said after the final.

However, he sees it as “impossible” that there will be another all-Swedish final in the future. That it happened in Adelaide was something he or the players could never have hoped for.

It's sports history, says Kristiansson.

The defeat will probably stick with Hölting Nilsson and Andersson for a while. But at only 20 and 19 years old respectively, they have time ahead of them.

You can't forget that it's a World Cup silver, it's not that bad to have on your CV. But right now it's sick, sick of being sick, says Andersson and continues:

At the same time. If there's one team you should lose to, it's David and Jonatan, who have had a really tough season. The fact that they get to win now is at least better than losing to someone else.

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