A historic milestone for Austrian volleyball: Paul Hohenauer and Martin Poinstingl win gold in beach volleyball at the Olympic Youth Games and thus ensure the first Austrian Olympic medal in volleyball.
The beach volleyball players Paul Hohenauer and Martin Poinstingl won the first gold for Austria at the Olympic Youth Games in Dakar. The U18 European Champions defeated the German U18 World Champion Lasse Hüper/Filo Wüst 2:1 (20,-13,12) in the final on Wednesday. Hohenauer/Poinstingl took care of the third ÖOC medal at the major event in Senegal.