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Javier Bello holds up his phone to show the picture both he and his twin brother Joaquin have as their background.
It is an artist's impression of the Eiffel Tower Stadium – the beach volleyball arena at this summer's Olympics, located at the foot of Paris' most iconic landmark.
'We have been kind of manifesting our Olympic dream for a few years now,' admits Javier. 'As soon as I saw the venue, I said, 'That looks really cool, we want to be there'.'
The venue where the London-based brothers find themselves with Mail Sport is a tiny beach on the banks of the River Thames, where they knock a volleyball about for the purpose of our pictures.
When one onlooker asks, 'Are you taking promo shots for the Olympics?', the Bellos dare only reply 'kind of', because they have not yet booked their place in Paris.
Javier and Joaquin Bello could be the first British beach volleyball pair to make the Olympics
The twins are amateurs studying at university, in a sport where their rivals are all professional
However, with four months to go to the Games, qualification remains very much in reach.
'If you asked us a year ago, we would have said we weren't going to be close,' admits Javier, the more talkative twin.
'But we've been getting deep into tournaments consistently and it's completely changed the picture. We're going to be in the race up until the very end. We definitely have a big chance.'
If they do it, the 23-year-olds would be the first British beach volleyball pair to qualify for an Olympics. The only previous time Team GB have competed was at London 2012, when they were able to enter as hosts.
It would, therefore, be a remarkable feat by the Bellos, not least because they are amateurs in a sport full of professionals.
Off the court, Joaquin has just passed his final-year medical exams at Imperial College, while Javier is studying for a Master's in strategic communications at King's College, having already graduated with a degree in politics, philosophy and economics.
'Everyone around us in the rankings is professional - they are paid to play, but we have to pay to play,' says Joaquin.
'We are still living at home. We have tried to recreate a professional team environment with our family, so our dad is coaching us, our mum is managing logistics and our little brother is our main training partner.
The Bellos were born in Madrid, and inspired to take up volleyball by their dad, an ex-player
They moved to London when they were 10 in 2011 for their mother Barbara's work at Disney
'If we have got this far with what we have, if we can do this for a living, I think we can really be one of the top teams in the world.'
The Bellos estimate it costs them around £7,000 a year in court-hire fees to train two hours a day, six days a week at Barn Elms Sports Centre in south-west London.
'It's actually one of the London 2012 legacy facilities so we train on the same sand from those Olympics, which is pretty cool,' says Javier.
'But it's outdoors, so we have to endure the winter. Some days we even have to chip the ice away with the rake we use for levelling the court, otherwise it can be too compact and dangerous because we play barefoot.
'But we never cancel training. Other international teams cancel as
