Скачать или смотреть Julius Brink and Reckermann win Olympic Gold in Beach Volleyball Thriller

Germany's Julius Brink and Jonas Reckermann wasted three match points, but won gold with the fourth as they beat Brazil's Alison Cerutti and Emanuel Rego 23-21, 16-21, 16-14 at the London 2012 Olympic Games on Thursday. It means they become the first European side to win an Olympic beach volleyball gold medal.

Earlier Latvia's Janis Smedins and Martins Plavins beat The Netherland's Reinder Nummerdor and Richard Schuil in the bronze medal match for Latvia's first medal of London 2012.

"The first set was pretty close, from the beginning to the end," Reckermann said. "In the second the Brazilians played great and we had trouble siding out. In the third we went point by point and then at 14-11 we lost three match points and we said 'stop, not this time'. It is unbelievable, there was so much pressure."

The match was a clash of the 2009 FIVB world champions, Brink and Reckermann and the 2011 world champions, Emanuel and Alison. Emanuel was also looking to add a second Olympic gold medal to the one he won at Athens 2004 with Ricardo Santos.