Olympic 2012 beach volleyball.
Canada's Joshua Binstock and Martin Reader reach for the ball during preliminary beach volleyball action against Steve Grotowski and John Garcia-Thompson of Great Britain at the 2012 London Olympics, on July 28, 2012. Binstock and Reader won two sets to none. (CP/COC)
Jason Ransom
The Canadian beach volleyball team of Josh Binstock and Martin Reader lost their second match of the 2012 London Olympics.
Binstock and Reader lost 21-14 and 21-18 to the Norwegian duo of Martin Spinnangr and Tarjei Viken Skarlund.
The Canadians crushed Britain's John Garcia-Thompson and Steven Grotowski 21-19, 21-13 to open the Games tournament Saturday.
Canada is now 1-1 in its preliminary-round pool with matches still to come against Italy and Brazil. The top two teams in each pool advance to an elimination round of 16 that will set up the quarter-finals; two third-place teams from the first round will also have a chance to advance after a mini-playoff run.