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Game over for Ludwig/Walkenhorst
Kira Walkenhorst (28) is going to end her beach volleyball career for health reasons. With her partner Laura Ludwig (32) she had dominated women's beach volleyball in recent years. After winning the Olympic gold medal in Rio 2016, they did also win the World...
Ana Patricia/Rebecca win The Hague gold defying American teams – Strong Russian men dominate
Ana Patricia and Rebecca from Brazil won the year’s first FIVB event at The Hague, Netherlands. In the final they beat Sarah Sponcil and Kelly Claes (USA) in two straight sets to claim their first 4-star World Tour gold medal after winning silver at the FIVB 4-Star...
Bansley/Wilkerson win “North American Championship” in Mexico–Brandie’s humor pulls crowd on Canadian side
In the end, the FIVB 3-star event in Chetumal (Mexico) turned out to be a North American Championship. Only teams from the U.S. and Canada made it to the semifinals. And just as in Las Vegas last weekend, Canadians Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley claimed gold...
Bansley/Wilkerson win all-Canadian Las Vegas final – Business as usual on the men’s podium
In an all-Canadian final, beach volleyball "gypsy" Brandie Wilkerson and Heather Bansley claimed the gold medal at the FIVB Las Vegas Open, a 4-star event presented p1440. In a close three-set gold medal match, Bansley/Wilkerson defeated their Canadian compatriots...
Strong A-Team claims gold in China – Bronze for Hughes/Ross
With a strong performance throughout the tournament, Alix Klineman and April Ross (USA) claimed gold at the FIVB 4-star event in Yangzhou (China). In the gold medal match the “A-Team” defeated strong Brazilian team Ana Patricia Silva and Rebecca Cavalcanti in two...
Tri Bourne wins first title after his comeback
He already had a strong comeback at the last few AVP events of the season, especially at the AVP Invitational in Hawaii. But after a break that lasted for almost two years, today Tri Bourne won his first title after returning to the beach. He and his childhood friend...
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87 World Tour Events – The 2019 FIVB calendar is a monster
Last season, the FIVB had already doubled the number of World Tour events compared to the previous season. But the 2018/2019 calendar that has been announced this week is even bigger. 87 events (both genders) at 52 different stops is huge. And there are even more...
Tri Bourne is back on the beach – Americans dominate AVP Hawaii
Last December, Tri Bourne talked to us about the auto-immune disesase he is fighting. End of this year’s AVP season, Tri came back for the AVP events in Manhattan and Chicago. And now he had a great appearance in the season’s last event at the AVP Invitational in...
Gibb and Crabb finish the grind with AVP Chicago win
Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb won the AVP Gold Series Championships in Chicago. In a one-sided final they beat Chaim Schalk and Tim Bomgren who had before upset top-seeded Phil “The Beast” Dalhausser and Nick “The Quick” Lucena. A very strong net performance by Gibb was...
Megumi & Miki on their Mission Impossible
Megumi & Miki on their Mission Impossible Megumi Murakami and Miki Ishii giggle when the translator asks them about the current status of beach volleyball in Japan. Women’s beach volleyball in Japan is primarily perceived as watching cute...
The kids are taking over in Hamburg – some overhaul required for World Tour Finals
Not surprisingly, Norwegian Vikings Anders Mol (21) and Christian Sorum (22) won the World Tour Finals in Hamburg. Having dominated if not even disrupted the beach volleyball world recently, the new stars had few difficulties to once again beat Fiyalek/Bryl (Poland)...
Brandie Wilkerson: Living the beach volleyball gypsy life
Brandie Wilkerson Living the beach volleyball gypsy life Brandie Wilkerson is just back from Switzerland where she met parts of her family. Born in Switzerland, playing for Canada, sometimes living in the United States and having triple...