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Beach Volleyball - Olympic Schedule & Results | Tokyo 2020
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What to know about beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics
Beach Volleyball - Olympic Schedule & Results | Tokyo 2020
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What to know about beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics
Since beach volleyball made its Olympic debut in 1996, the United States has established itself as a dominant force in the sport. The U.S. women and men have each claimed three gold medals, more than any other country. Only Brazil, with 13 total medals, has won more medals than the U.S. But there may be a power shift in Tokyo, with new contenders emerging from Canada on the women’s side and Norway and Russia on the men’s side.
The tournaments will be packed with familiar faces, some of whom return to the Olympics with new partners. Only two women’s teams that competed in the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro return, while six teams from the men’s side remain intact. The United States will have two teams in each the women’s and men’s brackets, which will include the youngest team in U.S. beach volleyball history and the oldest player in Olympic volleyball history.
Who are the medal contenders?
Klineman and Ross are seeded second behind Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, who claimed the top spot in the Olympic provisional rankings via tiebreaker. Pavan and Humana-Paredes, who won the world championship in 2019, have won five gold medals, six silvers and a bronze on the world tour since teaming up after the Rio Olympics.
Brazil has two of the top four seeds entering Tokyo. Agatha Bednarczuk is now playing with Eduarda “Duda” Santos Lisboa after winning a silver medal with Barbara Seixas in 2016, while Ana Patricia Ramos and Rebecca Cavalcanti will make their Olympic debut.
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