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Laura Ludwig (r.) And April Ross follow the ball
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02.47 a.m.:
Beach volleyball player
Laura Ludwig wo
n't follow
the gold from Rio 2016
.
With her new partner
Margareta Kozuch,
she lost 2-0 (19:21, 19:21) to the favored Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman in Shiokaze Park.
Ludwig and Kozuch suffered their third defeat in the third duel against the American vice world champions of 2019 and fifth in the world rankings, who had previously only given one set.
Five years ago in Rio, Ludwig won gold alongside Kira Walkenhorst, while Ross and Kerri Walsh won bronze after silver in 2012 in London.
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