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Basketball, table tennis, judo, handball, indoor volleyball, water polo, weightlifting and beach volleyball have all already been given host national places.
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Indoor volleyball employs a two-pronged system of quick moppers who soak up the spot where an athlete slid or landed and big moppers, six-strong teams that wipe the entire court during 30-second play stoppages.
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After cheering on his compatriots to a narrow victory over Andorra at the raucous temporary beach-volleyball court on Tuesday, Nikos Kolas, the captain of the men's indoor-volleyball team, said he didn't bring any of his worries with him.
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And even the casual beach volleyball players and sometime indoor coaches admit they might have mastered the simple hitting and scoring system, but the complex signals players use, with their hands placed behind their bottoms, remain a tantalising mystery.
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Beach volleyball isn't as huggy as its larger indoor cousin.
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May-Treanor finished 5th with then partner Holly McPeak in beach volleyball, while Walsh Jennings played on the women's indoor team.
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