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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (June 10, 2021) – USA Volleyball is excited to announce the four beach volleyball pairs it has nominated to represent the United States at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, pending approval from the United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee.
All four duos earned an Olympic berth by finishing among the top 15 of their gender’s FIVB Olympic Provisional Rankings. Klineman/Ross finished second in the women’s rankings and Claes/Sponcil sixth. Crabb/Gibb finished 11th in the men’s rankings and Dalhausser/Lucena 12th.
Four players have previous Olympic experience. Dalhausser has competed in each Games since Beijing 2008, when he won gold with then-partner Todd Rogers. Ross and Gibb both competed in London 2012 and Rio 2016; Ross won silver in London and bronze in Rio. Lucena competed in Rio 2016 with Dalhausser. They are the only pairing who has played in an Olympic Games with their current partner.
Claes, Crabb, Klineman and Sponcil will each make their Olympic debut.
The Olympic beach volleyball tournament will run July 24-Aug. 7 at Shiokaze Park, located alongside Tokyo Bay. Women’s medal matches will take place Friday, Aug. 6, and men’s medal matches Saturday, Aug. 7.
USA Volleyball beach teams have won at least one medal in every Olympic Games since the sport debuted in 1996.
All nominations are subject to United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee approval.
U.S. Beach Volleyball Roster for the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020
Kelly Claes (6-2, Placentia, Calif.)
Alix Klineman (6-5, Manhattan Beach, Calif.)
April Ross (6-1, Costa Mesa, Calif.)
Sarah Sponcil (5-10, Phoenix, Ariz.)
Taylor Crabb (6-0, Honolulu, Hawaii)
Phil Dalhausser (6-9, Ormond Beach, Fla.)
Jake Gibb (6-7, Bountiful, Utah)
Nick Lucena (6-1, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.)
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open Sunday for their second consecutive FIVB Beach World Tour gold medal. The tournament also marked the end of Olympic qualification.
Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena mathematically clinched their berth to Tokyo 2020 Saturday. It'll be the pair's second consecutive Olympic appearance.
Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb have qualified for the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo later this summer. It is Gibb's fourth Olympics and Crabb's first. Gibb will become the oldest volleyball Olympian in history.
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil clinched an Olympic berth Wednesday. They will become the youngest beach duo to represent the United States at the Olympic Games.
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (March 25, 2021) – The 2021 race for beach volleyball slots at the Tokyo Olympic Games got off to a good start at the FIVB World Tour four-star event on March 8-12 in Doha, Qatar. USA Volleyball placed two teams each in the women’s and the men’s medal matches and came away...
Alix Klineman and April Ross won gold at the Katara Beach Volleyball Cup Friday, and Taylor Crabb and Jake Gibb won bronze. In all four American duos reached the semifinal round, the first time in 10 years two men's and two women's pairs reached the semis at the same tournament.
