Team USA women advance to beach volleyball final – Ohio News Time
The American “Team A” has advanced to the gold medal match of the Olympic beach volleyball tournament.
April Ross and Alix Klineman defeated Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 at Shiokaze Park on Thursday, winning at least a silver medal. This is Ross’s third medal, winning a silver medal in London and a bronze medal in Rio de Janeiro. Kleinman is the first Olympic athlete.
Switzerland’s Joana Heydrich and Anouk Vergédepre will face the losers of the second semi-final between Australia and Latvia.
Americans never dragged on the first set. After losing their second first point, they rolled off three straight points to take the lead they never let go.
The victory also guarantees the United States the beach volleyball medal for the seventh consecutive Summer Olympics. It’s all of them since sports were added to the Atlanta program in 1996.
Only Brazil has had the same success-until now. No team has been shut out for the first time in Tokyo and advanced to the semi-finals.
Team USA women advance to beach volleyball final
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