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A-Team with Tokyo silver – Vikings win season’s fifth gold
A-Team April Ross and Alix Klineman won silver at the FIVB 4-star Tokyo event. In today's gold medal match, they lost to World Tour Finals winners Agatha/ Duda from Brazil. The final was a straight two-set match in which Alix Klineman was struggling in the entire...
A-Team reaches Tokyo final – Vikings against German qualifiers
Norwegians Anders Mol and Christian Sorum continued their great run in this year’s FIVB World Tour. In the 4-star Tokyo event, they reached their seventh final of the season. Just as a few weeks ago in the Gstaad final, the youngsters made the semifinal look easy...
A-Team with Gstaad gold – Vikings smiling again
A-Team Alix Klineman and April Ross claimed their first Major gold as a team in Gstaad (Switzerland). After winning silver in last week’s world championships, the Americans beat Carol /Maria Antonelli in the Gstaad gold medal match. Losing the first set to the...
Hamburg medalist with severe hangover in Gstaad – Bourne/Crabb out
As assumed in our Gstaad event preview, the first Major event of the season proves to come at a wrong time for the top teams. In the early stages of the Gstaad Major, several top teams are either out or facing elimination. New world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov...
Russians crash German world champs party – Vikings claim bronze against Bourne/Crabb
Russian dream team of Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy ended all German hopes for another world championships title. In the packed Rothenbaum arena, the local crowds cheered heavily for the home town boys Clemens Wickler and Julius Thole to make the dream...
Pavan/Humana-Paredes claim Canada’s first ever world champs gold
In an emotional gold medal match, Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes claimed Canada’s first ever world championships medal – and it is a golden one! Against the American A-Team Alix Klineman and April Ross, the Canadians had to go through a rollercoaster,...
Tri Bourne with stunning world champs semifinal comeback – Vikings unstoppable
What an amazing comeback for Tri Bourne at the world championships after his long sick leave. In the rain of Hamburg, he and his friend Trevor Crabb took down reigning world champion Andre and his partner George to reach the final four. In a three-set nailbiter the...
A-Team going for Hamburg gold – German youngsters challenge US oldies
It is the final weekend of the World Championships and in the women’s gold medal match A-Team Alix Klineman and April Ross is going for gold against Canadians Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes. After beating compatriots Sarah Hughes and Summer Ross in the...
German block party continues today – USA vs. Russia in three episodes
Day 8 of the FIVB World Championships starts with the women’s quarterfinals. In an all-Amercan encounter A-Team Klineman/Ross will play compatriots Summer/Hughes for a spot in the semifinals. Brazilians Barbara/Fernanda as the only South American team left in the...
Independence Day in Hamburg – All-American women’s quarterfinal
There will be at least one US team in the women's final four of the World Championships in Hamburg. Sarah Hughes and Summer Ross who had beaten home favorites Laura Ludwig and Maggie Kozuch yesterday, knocked out strong Dutch team Stubbe/ van Iersel in two sets...
Three US teams advance to last 16 – Stockman/Larsen eliminated by European champs
The first day of the women’s elimination phase at the World Championships in Hamburg started with a close victory of European champions Sanne Keizer/ Madelein Meppelink (Netherlands) against US girls Emily Stockman and Kelley Larsen. In a close three-set match the...
Ludwig/Kozuch top their pool – US men’s treams in trouble
Day 5 was the final day of women’s pool play. Home crowd’s favorites Laura Ludwig and Maggie Kozuch managed to top their pool although they had been beaten by Brazil two days ago. But since Maria Antonelli and Carol Salgado lost their third match to AVP Seattle...