Olympic Qualifying to Conclude in Ostrava
Three berths to the Tokyo Olympic Games will be decided at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open, a four-star tournament in Ostrava June 2-6.
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Three berths to the Tokyo Olympic Games will be decided at the J&T Banka Ostrava Beach Open, a four-star tournament in Ostrava June 2-6.
U.S. Competitors Men Patterson/Slick Bourne/Crabb, TR Women Flint/Day Sponcil/Claes Dowdy/Pollock Reeves/Howard Pool Play-Men Pool F Patterson/Slick def. Nishimura/Koshikawa (JPN), 21-16, 21-19 Patterson/Slick, def. I. Nuttanon/P. Sedtawat (THA), 28-26, 21-15 Pool H Bourne/Crabb, TR, def. Li Zhuoxin/Ch. W. Zhou (CHN), 21-9, 21-10 Myskiv/Samoday (RUS) def. Bourne/Crabb TR, 21-17, 21-17 Round 1-Men Bourne/Crabb, TR def. Bercik/Dumek (CZE),…
U.S. Competitors Men Eric Zaun/Avery Drost Branden Clemens/Ben Vaught Women Katie Spieler/Karissa Cook Falyn Fanoimoana/Molly Turner Results Quarterfinals-Women Sanchez/Hechavarria def. Spieler/Cook 17-21, 21-15, 15-13 Fonoimoana/Turner def. Regino/Bethancourt (Guatemala), 21-13, 21-15 Semifinal-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. Revuelta/Orellana (MEX), 21-13, 21-16 Final-Women Fonoimoana/Turner def. McNamara/McNamara (24-22, 21-15) (Fonoimoana/Turner win gold) Quarterfinals-Men Gravobsky/Kazhamaiaka (CAN) def. Clemens/Vaught, 21-17, 21-19 Zaun/Drost def….
Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil claimed their first FIVB World Tour gold medal Saturday by winning the Sochi Four-star.
U.S. Competitors Men Budinger/Rosenthal Dalhausser/Lucena Kolinske/Evans Crabb TA/Gibb Hyden/Brunner Women Dowdy/Pollock Klineman/Ross Summer/Hughes Claes/Hochevar Fendrick/Day Larsen/Stockman U.S. Results Qualifying Round 1-Men Ermacora/Pristauz (AUT) def. Kolinske/Evans, 21-16, 21-19 Pool A-Men Budinger/Rosenthal def. Vitor Felipe/Evandro (BRA), 21-19, 22-20 Fijalek/Bryl (POL) def. Budinger/Rosenthal (CZE), 21-19, 25-23 Pool C-Men Varenhorst/Bouter (NED) def. Hyden/Brunner, 21-14, 19-21, 15-12 Hyden/Brunner def. Kissling…
Team USA Qualifiers Men Jon Justice/Adam Wienckowski (Florida State) Brett Rosenmeier/Colton Cowell (Hawaii) Women Claire Coppola/Kristen Nuss (LSU) Katie Horton/Hailey Luke (Florida State) Results Rosenmeier/Cowell, 13th 13th-place match: Defeated Lysikowski/Paszkowski (POL), 21-18, 12-21, 15-12) Round 2: Lost to Burnett/Guehrer (AUS), 14-21, 12-21 Loser Semifinal for place 9-16: Defeated Prieto/Zavala (CHI) 15-21, 21-18, 22-20) Quarterfinals for place…
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