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Brazilian men s volleyball head coach on ventilator after contracting COVID-19
Brazilian men s volleyball head coach Renan Dal Zotto is in intensive care after contracting COVID-19.
The Brazilian Volleyball Confederation (CBV) confirmed Dal Zotto, who won a silver medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles, was on a ventilator after his condition deteriorated.
He had been taken to a hospital in Rio de Janeiro late last week.
The CBV said Dal Zotto, head coach of the men s team since 2017, needed the ventilator to maintain the highest oxygen saturation level . The expectation is that the coach will remain in this state for 48 to 72 hours and before the ventilator is removed, the CBV added in a statement.
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2021 beach volleyball calendar and Olympic qualifiers announced
Six 4-star World Tour events and the Continental Cup Finals will decide the quota places for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
The FIVB has announced the beach volleyball calendar for 2021, which will feature eight 4-star events, nine 1 and 2-star events, the World Tour Finals and the U19 World Championships.
The 2021 season, which is already underway with the Katara Cup 2021 in Doha, is set to be full of exhilarating beach volleyball action as the world’s top teams compete for quota places at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.
Six of the eight 4-star events scheduled will offer Olympic ranking points, including the ongoing 4-star event in Doha, three back-to-back events in Cancun, Mexico from 16 April to 2 May, one event in Sochi, Russia on 26-30 May and one in Ostrava, Czech Republic on 2-6 June. The Olympic Ranking will be officially published on 14th June to determine the 15 highest ranked teams per gender. These t