TASS Stars Athletes of the year -Javier and Joaquin Bello.

A fantastic article about the winners of this years TASS athletes of the Year Javier and Joaquin Bello.

Londoners Javier and Joaquin Bello are two of the rising stars of beach volleyball and were worthy winners of this year’s TASS Stars Athletes Of The Year award. We caught up with the high-flying 20-year-old twins following last week’s Under 22 Beach Volleyball Championships in Turkey.

TASS: How would you describe 2020 so far?

Bellos: It’s been a difficult year with most competitions cancelled but we decided to look at it as a good opportunity to develop and improve our game. All the planning we had for the season disappeared all of a sudden and, like all other athletes (and everyone!), we had to adjust our aims and ambitions.

TASS: What were the highlights of your sporting season prior to lockdown?

Bellos: This season was very special for us because we won our first World Tour medal – the first ever for an English men’s pair in beach volleyball. We also had several top five finishes and we became the number one ranked English team.

To see the full interview go to TASS Stars Award