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The U.S. Women’s National Team, the defending gold medalists, made a valiant comeback before dropping its Paris Olympics opener to China, 3-2 (25-20, 25-19, 17-25, 20-25, 15-13) on Monday.
Playing before a sold-out crowd on the hottest day of the Paris Olympics so far, the U.S. beach team of Miles Evans and Chase Budinger began their Olympic journey with a 2-0 (21-14, 21-11) win over Youssef Krou and Arnaud Gauthier-Rat of host France.
In their first Olympic match together, the U.S. beach team of Sara Hughes and Kelly Cheng, ranked No. 3 in the world, started rolling late in the first set and went on to defeat Barbora Hermannova Marie and Sara Stochlova of the Czechia, 2-0 (21-16, 21-11) on Sunday.
Taryn Kloth and Kristen Nuss, the No. 2 team ranked women’s beach team in the world, started strong and never looked back in a 2-0 (21-17, 21-14) over the team of Heather Bansley and Sophie Bukovec of Canada in their opening match in the Paris Olympics on Saturday.
The veteran U.S. Men’s National Team started the Paris Olympic Games in strong fashion with a 3-0 (25-20, 25-19, 25-16) victory over Argentina on Saturday.
The U.S. beach team of Miles Partain and Andy Benesh put in a strong effort but fell short in their debut match of the 2024 Paris Olympic Games to Alayo/Diaz of Cuba 2-0 (21-18, 21-18).
Four pairs – two women’s, two men’s – will represent the U.S. at the beach volleyball event taking place at Eiffel Tower Stadium for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games. All but one of the U.S. athletes (Kelly Cheng) are first-time Olympians. Cheng tied for ninth at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with Sarah Sponcil.
While there are some new Olympians on the U.S. Men’s roster for the Olympic Games in Paris, the majority of the team has spent the last decade training and competing together, and a few even longer.
There are some differences in the volleyball format between the Olympic Games in Tokyo in 2021 and the Games in Paris this year, but the goal for the U.S. Women’s National Team remains the same: play hard and win
More than 150 girls volleyball athletes from 27 states will work with top coaches and look to improve their skills at the National Team Development Program Girls Indoor Summer Training Series on July 28-Aug.1, 2024, at the USA Volleyball training center in Anaheim, Calif.
