Duisburg (Germany), July 21 -- Wilhelm Maximilian Just and Philipp Huster are expecting to pull off a home victory when the FISU World University Games beach volleyball competition gets underway in Duisburg's Sportpark today.
The German pair took the men's title at the first World University Championship Beach Sports event at Rio de Janeiro's Botafogo beach last September, and are hopeful of repeating that success on home sand, with the sport returning to the Universiade for the first time since 2013.
"I have extremely positive memories of the competitions in Rio last year, of course because of our gold medal," said Huster, recalling his journey at the World University Championship.
"Being able to take part in an event of this size in...