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A-Team takes down Australia to win Olympic gold medal
April Ross’ Olympic medal set is complete. After winning silver and bronze in previous Olympics, Ross and her partner Alix Klineman stormed to Olympic gold sweeping away Australia’s Artacho Del Solar/ Clancy. The A-Team didn’t leave any doubts about their gold medal...
A-Team going for gold – All Brazilian teams eliminated
Gold medal favorites Alix Klineman and April Ross will play the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics against Australia’s Artacho Del Solar/ Clancy. On Thursday morning, the US(A-) Team posted an easy win against Switerzland’s Anouk Vergé-Dépré/ Joana Heidrich. The...
Tokyo knock-out round pairings set – Gibb/Crabb facing Germany’s Thole/ Wickler
It was a rough first week at the Olympic beach volleyball event but now the round of 16 parings are complete. After America’s top team Jake Gibb/ Taylor Crabb had to replace Crabb by Tri Bourne, Czech team Marketa Slukova/ Barbora Hermannova could not start at all and...
Vikings keep winning – A-Team eliminated in semifinal
It was the closest they got to elimination. In the third set, Anders Mol and Christian Sorum faced an 11:12 deficit against Brazil’s Alison and Alvaro Filho. But a few blocks by Anders Mol resolved the situation. The Beachvolleyvikings advanced to the final (21:8,...
Rough start into 2nd Cancun event for several top teams
Some of the men’s top teams had a rather rough start into the main draw of the second Cancun Hub event in Mexico. While reigning FIVB world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov/Oleg Stoyanovskiy of Russia could prevent an early goodbye in the last minute, US top team...
Vikings back in shape at FIVB Cancun 4-star
In their first international tournament together after an extended Covid and injury break, Norwegian Vikings Anders Mol and Christian Sorum are back in the beach volleyball world elite. In Tuesday’s final at the FIVB 4-star event in Cancun (Mexico), the...
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Doha 4-star – Top teams facing early elimination today
After the first day of the Doha 4-star main draw, several top teams are facing an early goodbye in today’s second pool matches. US veterans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena will need to go up against Austria’s Huber/ Dressler in a “win-or-go-home” match. They are...
Doha 4-star kicked off to gather the beach volleyball world elite
After a one-year break, it is the return of the international beach volleyball elite at Doha in Qatar. Last year’s Katara Beach Volleyball Cup was the last big event. Then Covid came. Then a long break. But now the action and the excitement is back. And after all,...
Jurmala – the heart of Latvian beach volleyball
This week’s CEV European Championships will be hosted by Jurmala, a lovely seaside resort in Latvia. We digged a bit deeper to find out more about Jurmala, the heart of Latvian beach volleyball… Jurmala is the largest resort town on the coast of the Baltic Sea with an...
Strong Swiss teams in Baden – Seidl/Waller claim gold
It was only a 1-star event but the entry list of the FIVB Baden Open read like the one of a 4-star. The event was dominated by teams from Switzerland who claimed four spots in the semifinals and one gold, two silver and a bronze medal. On the women’s side, Hamburg...
Tri and Trevor pull it off at Long Beach
They were in the zone. They felt the energy. They did it! Tri Bourne and Trevor Crabb claimed the last title of the 2020 AVP season by beating oldies Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena in the final of the Porsche Cup. Though losing the final, Dalhausser/Lucena won the...
Business as usual in Long Beach: Phil Dalhausser claims 100th title
It was the same teams as last week, sometimes even the same brackets as in the first edition of the AVP Champions Cup Series. You might wanna blame the format of the series but in the end it goes deeper. The entire competition did also say a lot about the current...
