Ludwig and Walkenhorst Match German Title to Olympic Gold

  0 Braden Keith | September 13th, 2016 | Beach, News, Pro, Pro Beach

In front of 6000 spectators jammed around Center Court, the pairs  of Markus Böckermann / Lars Flüggen (men) and Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst  (women) walked away with titles over the weekend at the German Beach Volleyball Championships.

The conclusion of the year-long German “smart-tour,” Ludwig and Walkenhorst were first celebrated for their Olympic victory last month in Rio before beating Karla Borger and Britta Buthe for the women’s crown.

The other German Olympic pair, Melanie Gernet and Tatjana Zuatys, were surprisingly defeated in the third-place match, swept away in 2 sets.

A day later, Böckermann and Lars Flüggen were victorious to win the men’s title.

Ludwig and Walkenhorst were immediately off to Toronto for the FIVB World Tour Finals that are set to begin on Wednesday; they will be joined by Chantal Laboureur and Julia Sude in representing Germany in the women’s tournament.

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Braden Keith is the Editor-in-Chief and co-founder of VolleyMob.com. Braden's first foray into sports journalism came in 2010, when he launched a swimming website called The Swimmers' Circle. Two years later, he joined SwimSwam.com as a co-founder. Long huge fans of volleyball, when Braden and the SwimSwam partners sought an opportunity to …

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