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As we enter the new month, each tournament is critical for pairs in the race to earn more Olympic points. With the top two spots well defined for the women, the men’s rankings will likely get extra attention this week at BPT Elite 16 Brasilia.
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Four-time Olympian Jake Gibb retired in 2021 after two decades in professional beach volleyball. He won seven FIVB tournaments and competed in eight world championships.
Former U.S. Beach National Team athletes Ryan Doherty and Stafford Slick retired from international volleyball in 2020. Find out what they've been up to in the past year.
Terese Cannon and Sara Hughes took bronze at the Itapema 4-star Sunday, the final international tournament of 2021.
Eight U.S. beach volleyball teams will compete at the Itapema 4-star November 10-14 in Itapema, Brazil. It is the last international event of 2021 and the final event of the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour.
The Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour will replace the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour in 2022. The Pro Tour will feature three levels of competition and take place in cities across the globe.
Alix Klineman and April Ross won bronze at the FIVB World Tour Finals Sunday. It was their fifth international medal of 2021 and the first time an American women's pair finished on the World Tour Finals podium.
Alix Klineman/April Ross will play for bronze at the at the FIVB Word Tour Finals Sunday after going 1-1 to start the playoff round. In the quarterfinals, they beat fellow Americans Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil.
Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil and Alix Klineman/April Ross advanced to the FIVB World Tour Finals playoffs Friday. They'll play each other in the quarterfinals Saturday, October 9.
Jake Gibb played the final match of his career as he and Taylor Crabb lost to Italy's Paolo Nicolai/Daniele Lupo Thursday at the FIVB World Tour Finals in Cagliari, Italy.
Three American teams combined for a 2-3 record on day one of the FIVB World Tour Finals Wednesday. Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil went 1-0 and are second in their pool, while Jake Gibb and Taylor Crabb went 1-1.
Three U.S. Beach National Team pairs - Klineman/Ross, Claes/Sponcil and Gibb/Crabb - will compete at the FIVB World Tour Finals October 6-10 in Cagliari, Italy. It will be Gibb's final international tournament.
Four U.S. beach volleyball athletes recently won their first international beach tournaments as both Terese Cannon/Delaney Mewhirter and Miles Evans/Troy Field took gold at the Nijmegen 1-star event on the FIVB World Tour Sept. 19.
Emily day and Betsi Flint recently won the FIVB World Tour 2-star event in Brno, Czechia. The U.S. Beach National Team has won nine World Tour events so far in 2021.
American beach pair Alix Klineman and April Ross claimed the Olympic gold medal with a 2-0 victory over Australians Mariafe Artacho del Solar/Taliqua Clancy, 21-15, 21-16. They lost just one set in their seven matches en route to Olympic glory.
Alix Klineman and April Ross dominated Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre/Joana Heidrich for a 2-0 (21-12, 21-11) win Wednesday, clinching a spot in the Tokyo 2020 women's beach volleyball gold medal match.
Alix Klineman and April Ross will face Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre/Joana Heidrich at 5 pm Pacific/8 pm Eastern on Wednesday, August 4 (9 am on August 5 local) for a spot in the gold medal match.
Alix Klineman and April Ross are advancing to the semifinals after a 2-0 (21-19, 21-19) over Germany's Margareta Kozuch/Laura Ludwig. Ross led the way with 25 points.
Jake Gibb and partner Tri Bourne fell 2-1 (17-21, 21-15, 15-11) to Germany’s Julius Thole/Clemens Wickler in Monday’s Round of 16 contest.
Alix Klineman and April Ross beat Cuba’s Lidianny Echevarria Benitez and Leila Consuelo Martinez Ortega, 2-0 (21-17, 21-15) during the first-ever match between the two pairs.
Two U.S. beach volleyball pairs lost in three sets Sunday as Kelly Claes/Sarah Sponcil fell to a team from Canada and Phil Dalhausser/Nick Lucena pushed top-ranked Qatar to the brink.
The U.S. Olympic beach volleyball squad of Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne hung tough during a 2-0 (21-18, 21-17) loss to Cherif Younousse/Ahmed Tijan of Qatar Friday night in a match that decided the Pool C title.
