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![]() Updated to match(es) played on 29 July 2021. Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL) Referees: Rui Carvalho (POR), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL) ![]() Referees: Mário Ferro (BRA), Davide Crescentini (ITA) Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Osvaldo Sumavil (ARG) Referees: Mariko Satomi (JPN), Davide Crescentini (ITA) Referees: Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE) Referees: Roman Pristovakin (RUS), Wang Lijun (CHN) Referees: Brig Beatie (USA), Agnieszka Myszkowska (POL) Referees: Juan Carlos Saavedra (COL), Rui Carvalho (POR) Referees: Davide Crescentini (ITA), Brig Beatie (USA) Referees: Giovanni Bake (RSA), Charalampos Papadogoulas (GRE) The following referees were selected for the tournament. Ágatha Bednarczuk / Eduarda Santos Lisboa Taliqua Clancy / Mariafe Artacho del Solar Twenty four teams were drawn in six pools of four teams. ![]() Qualification Means of qualificationĢ019 FIVB Olympic Qualification TournamentįIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking The medals for the competition were presented by Mustapha Berraf, Algeria IOC Honorary Member, and the medalists' bouquets were presented by Ary Graça, Brazil FIVB President. Twenty four teams with 48 athletes around the world competed for the gold medal.Īpril Ross and Alix Klineman won the gold medal, defeating Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar in the final, while Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré won the bronze medal. Because of this pandemic, the games were played behind closed doors. The Latvians upset fourth-seeded Brazilians Rebecca Cavalcanti and Ana Patricia Silva, 21-15, 12-21, 15-12 in pool play and followed it up with a 21-6, 21-14 victory over Kenya to break pool. It was originally scheduled to take place from 25 July to 8 August 2020, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the IOC and the Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee announced on 24 March 2020 that the 2020 Summer Olympics would be delayed to 2021. Graudina and Kravcenoka are playing some of the finest beach volleyball in these Olympic Games. The competition was held from 24 July to 6 August 2021. PT.The women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, took place at the Shiokaze Park. The other American men’s team, 45-year-old Huntington Beach resident Jake Gibb and Tri Bourne (USC), was scheduled to face Germans Clemens Wickler and Julius Thole in a Round of 16 match on Monday at 6 a.m. In other matches, top-seeded Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Canada beat Spain in straight sets. “Obviously, I don’t want to see anybody injured,” Klineman said, “especially at the Olympics.” The match continued, but not for much longer. “Once we knew that she was a little bit hurt, we were trying to allow her to gather herself,” said Ross, who won a silver medal with Jennifer Kessy at the 2012 Games in London. After a few minutes on the sand with her partner tending to her, she got up and tested her knee. Instead of a 10-7 Cuban lead, it was 9-8.Īnd Echeverria was slow to get up. ![]() I think we’re both just trying to make a play.” “We got the point, and I got a little fired up and we used that for some momentum going forward. “It’s just people going for the ball, and she came under,” said Klineman, a first-time Olympian. A lot.” According to the Beach Volleyball Database, Ross and her partners are 20-8 over the years against Ludwig and hers they did not meet in London or Rio.Ĭuba was initially awarded the point, but the Americans complained to chair referee Rui Carvalho that there was interference he conferred with second referee Mariko Satomi, and they gave the point to the Americans. As are we.”Īsked how many times she had played against the 35-year-old Ludwig over the years, the 39-year-old Ross said “a lot. “We know they’re going to come out motivated. “We have a lot of respect for them and, obviously, Laura’s success,” said Klineman, a former Mira Costa High and Stanford star who also played against Kozuch on the Italian indoor volleyball tour. Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst won it all in Rio de Janeiro, where Ross and Kerri Walsh Jennings took the bronze. Second-seeded Ross and Klineman beat Cuba’s Lidy Echeverria and Leila Martinez, 21-17, 21-15 in their Round of 16 match on Monday (Sunday PT) to reach the quarterfinals, where they will meet the German and her current partner, Maggie Kozuch. Next up for the Americans is one of the most familiar faces in all of beach volleyball: Four-time Olympian – and defending gold medalist – Laura Ludwig. TOKYO - April Ross and Alix Klineman put away a Cuban team they had never played before.
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