Nadine Zumkehr and Joana Heidrich (Switzerland) are today’s featured team in the Rio 2016 photo series. They finished second in Pool E of the women’s beach volleyball preliminary rounds at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Their 2-1 record in pool play advanced them into the single elimination round of 16. The next match for Zumkehr/Heidrich is August 13 at 4:00 PDT against Marleen Van Iersel and Madelein Meppelink (Netherlands) who finished second in Pool F.  Visit NBC Sports for local time.

Rio 2016 is a photo series of the top beach volleyball teams competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In 2013, the FIVB returned to U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years. I have been fortunate enough to attend the Long Beach, CA event for the past three years and watch the best beach volleyball players in the world.

Images are from the 2013 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam and 2015 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam.

For more images of Nadine Zumkehr, visit http://photos.sos-photography.net/keyword/nadine%20zumkehr

For more images of Joana Heidrich, visit http://photos.sos-photography.net/keyword/joana%20heidrich