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Five U.S. beach pairs are competing in France this week for the Elite 16 in Paris. It's the first Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in over a month; the top pairs last battled it out in Hamburg, Germany, Aug. 10-14.

Two-time Olympian and 20-year beach volleyball veteran Nick Lucena retired from the sport earlier this month to take a coaching job at Florida State University.

Two U.S. Beach National Team pairs - Tri Bourne/Trevor Crabb and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske - won the AVP's Manhattan Beach Open last Sunday.

Three USA Volleyball athletes are finalists for the Women’s Sports Foundation’s 2022 Sportswoman of the Year award.

Kelly Cheng and Betsi Flint won the Hamburg Elite 16 Sunday, claiming the United States' first medal of any color at an Elite 16 event on the Beach Pro Tour.

Betsi Flint/Kelly Cheng and Zana Muno/Lauren Fendrick will compete at the Hamburg Elite 16 while Melissa Fuchs Powell/Tiffany Creamer play at the Cortegaca Futures this weekend.

USA Volleyball is holding a Beach ParaVolley camp this weekend Hickory Point Beach in Tavares, Florida.

Iya Lindahl and Lydia Smith are competing in the Ljubjana (Slovenia) Futures this week. They'll begin in the qualifier on Thursday, July 28.

Maddie Anderson/Molly Turner won the Ciro Marina Futures and Sarah Schermerhorn/Corinne Quiggle took silver at the Espinho Challenge Sunday.

Eleven American beach volleyball pairs will compete in international tournaments this weekend, eight of which will be at the Espinho Challenge.

Taryn Kloth/Kristen Nuss finished fifth and Megan Kraft/Emily Stockman took ninth at the Gstaad Elite 16 this weekend. Three American duos competed in the tournament.

Emily Stockman/Megan Kraft, Kristen Nuss/Taryn Kloth and Sarah Schermerhorn/Corinne Quiggle will each compete in the Gstaad Elite 16 July 6-10

Megan Kraft won her second consecutive Beach Pro Tour gold medal last weekend when she and Emily Stockman won the Bialystok Futures.

Megan Kraft and Savvy Simo won the Balikesir Futures event last weekend, and Kerri Walsh Jennings will be inducted into the International Volleyball Hall of Fame in October.

Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner finished fourth at the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships Sunday, falling to Brazil’s George Souto Maior Wanderley/Andre Loyola Stein in three sets.

Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner lost a semifinal match Saturday and will play for bronze at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships

Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner advanced to the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships semifinals with a three-set win over Robert Meeuwsen/Alexander Brouwer of the Netherlands.

Chaim Schalk/Theo Brunner and Sara Hughes/Kelley Kolinske advanced to the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships with Round-of-16 wins Thursday.

Four U.S. pairs won Round of 32 matches at the 2022 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships Wednesday and advanced to the Round of 16.

The final three U.S. Beach National Team pairs clinched berths at the 2022 FIVB Beach World Championships Monday as pool play concluded.