Sweden’s beach volleyball gold hopes
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Sweden’s beach volleyball gold hopes open European Championship with wins

Sweden has double gold hopes at the Beach Volleyball European Championship, and both pairs started with victories. World number ones Elmer Andersson and Jacob Hölting Nilsson won their opening match 2-0, while David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig turned a 0-1 deficit into a 2-1 victory.

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Top seeds Andersson/Hölting Nilsson won their opening group-stage match against the Austrian pair Alexander Horst and Christoph Dressler 24-22, 21-11.

Olympic champions David Åhman and Jonatan Hellvig had last played together a month ago, and their European Championship campaign in Poland against João Pedrosa and Hugo Campos got off to a shaky start. The Portuguese took the first set 21-8, but the Swedes were able to turn it around and win 2-1, 21-14, 15-11.

Åhman/Hellvig took European Championship silver last year, but won European Championship gold in 2022 and 2023. Last year they also won World Championship gold after beating Andersson/Hölting Nilsson in the final.

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