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The Latest: Brazil men in beach volleyball gold-medal match

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

6:10 p.m.

Brazil's men reached the gold medal match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament, beating the Netherlands in three sets to clinch no worse than a silver medal.

After a loss by the top-seeded Brazilian women quieted the Copacabana crowd in the early Tuesday semifinal, Alison and Bruno brought it back to life. The fans in the 12,000-seat stadium rose to their feet for Brazil's double-match point in the second set, but the Dutch came back to force a tiebreaking third set.