Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann won the bronze medal at the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome due to their Swiss opponents' bad luck with injuries.
The Hamburg women benefited from Joana Heidrich's end on Sunday.
The 30-year-old collapsed screaming in the second set after her own serve, held her right arm and had to be treated.
An initial diagnosis revealed a shoulder dislocation.
Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann helped take care of Heidrich.
At the time of the demolition, they were trailing 0:1 sets and 7:10 points against Heidrich and her partner Anouk Vergé-Dépré.
After the Olympic bronze medalists gave up, the game and the medal went to the German duo.