Olympics
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Beach Volleyball World Championships in Qatar?
Did you follow last week’s World Athletics Championships in Doha (Qatar)? The world’s best track and field athletes came to the rich Arab oil country to compete in the world championships. Besides some amazing performances by the athletes, the spectators saw a bizarre...
Latvia, Italy and Spain claim spots in Tokyo 2020 Olympics
The final phase of the FIVB Tokyo Olympic Qualification Tournament in Haiyang (China) turned out to be an all-European affair. With the US not sending any teams, Brazil not sending their strongest teams and Canadian teams being eliminated early, all eight teams in the...
There are many commentators…but there is only one Dain Blanton
It is the 2018 Fort Lauderdale Major. Men’s quarterfinals. Dalhausser/ Lucena against Brouwer/ Meeuwsen. The FIVB (co-)commentator is summarizing an exciting match that ended with a win for the Americans: “Phil turned to the top spin serve, this was the defining...
Season highlight preview: World Championships Hamburg 2019
It is only about two months to go before the Beach Volleyball World Championships in Hamburg will start. The FIVB World Championships are the highlight of the 2019 season and an important milestone on the way to Tokyo 2020. The Hamburg World Championships will be the...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Canadian women dominate Gstaad Major – Japan challenges top teams
Two strong Canadian teams claimed gold and bronze at the Gstaad Major Series event this week. While Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson won the bronze medal match against Agatha/Duda (Brazil), Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan defeated German top team Chantal...
The Lion King on his nickname, Latvian beach volleyball and his Olympic dream
The Lion King on his nickname, Latvian beach volleyball and his Olympic dream There are many players on the tour and many nicknames out there, some of them little-known to the public. But probably all beach volleyball fans around the world know...
2018 Season – The space is wide open after top teams withdrawing
The upcoming 2018 season will feature new faces and new champions on the women's side. This in not a wild guess but rather a fact. After Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst have announced to skip the 2018 season, it is now Larissa and Talita from Brazil who declare to...
Dain Blanton on AVP, FIVB and how beach volleyball has changed since his Olympic gold medal win
Dain Blanton on AVP, FIVB and how beach volleyball has changed since his Olympic gold medal win When talking to Dain Blanton, you instantly feel you are talking to an expert. Dain is not only the Olympic gold medalist from Sydney 2000 and first...
