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Olympic beach volleyball players have come across an unexpected handicap – squirrels burying their nuts on their courts.

The rodents have been burying beechnuts and acorns on six sandy practice courts at London’s St James’s Park.

And bikini-clad players have been left grimacing as they land barefoot on the squirrel snacks.

Groundsmen now have to rake the sand before practice sessions