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Team USA Beach Volleyball Pair Alix Klineman and April Ross Hours Away From Gold Medal Opportunity
Sports Illustrated ^ | August 4, 2021 | Stephanie Apstein

Posted on 08/05/2021 8:01:59 PM PDT by L.A.Justice

TOKYO — The gamblers looked at one another. When had they known their bet would pay off?

“When we won our first tournament,” said Alix Klineman.

“It’s funny, because I was committed,” said April Ross. “This was gonna be my partner for the quad, and however we started, that was just going to be how we started, we're gonna work through it. But we did win our first international tournament, and it was just kind of like, Well, duh.”

Klineman laughed. “We made the right choice,” she said.

Twenty-four hours from a chance at an Olympic gold medal in beach volleyball, it sure seems that way.

They beat Switzerland in the semifinal in straight sets, 21–12, 21–11, playing an aggressive style they had settled on beforehand to counter the physical Swiss players. Klineman had four points on blocks. Both sets were close early before the Americans dispatched the Swiss.

(Excerpt) Read more at si.com ...


TOPICS: Sports
KEYWORDS: olympics; yesterday
The gold medal game is on NBC right now...US team will win...They won 1 set already...They have to win more one set...

I do not think this US beach volleyball team will engage in any political protest during gold medal ceremony...Very unlikely...

1 posted on 08/05/2021 8:01:59 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: L.A.Justice

Nelly Korda will be playing for gold in golf in the fourth round of the women’s tournament tomorrow night at 5:30 I believe.

An awesome 19 year old woman won Gold in a canoeing event just awhile ago.


2 posted on 08/05/2021 8:13:16 PM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: L.A.Justice

and we care WHY??????????????????


3 posted on 08/05/2021 8:16:55 PM PDT by MuttTheHoople (The best slaves put their own chains on )
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To: L.A.Justice

Switzerland has a beach volleyball team? Where do they go to practice?


4 posted on 08/05/2021 8:18:46 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather
Switzerland has a beach volleyball team?

They do and its fine looking team.

5 posted on 08/05/2021 8:21:55 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: MuttTheHoople

Because we enjoy the Olympics and enjoy watching Americans win. If you don’t care, why are you even reading the thread?


6 posted on 08/05/2021 8:23:00 PM PDT by bigdaddy45
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To: L.A.Justice
April and Alix dominated and brought home the gold.

Glad to see Ross win the gold after getting silver and bronze in the past two Olympics.

Both put their hands over their hearts when the national anthem was played.

7 posted on 08/05/2021 8:23:22 PM PDT by Kazan
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To: L.A.Justice

this thread is useless without . . .


8 posted on 08/05/2021 8:24:29 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: bramps

US team just won gold...Beat Australian team by 2-0...They are being interviewed on NBC...I am happy for those two ladies...


9 posted on 08/05/2021 8:24:45 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: L.A.Justice

9 posts in and no pictures...


10 posted on 08/05/2021 8:28:32 PM PDT by The Iceman Cometh (F*ck Joe Biden!)
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To: L.A.Justice

11 posted on 08/05/2021 8:29:38 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Kazan
April and Alix dominated and brought home the gold.

I did not think that Team Australia was good enough to beat Americans...

By the way, US women's indoor volleyball team will play in a semifinal game at 12 AM Eastern Time...Against Serbia...

12 posted on 08/05/2021 8:31:39 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
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13 posted on 08/05/2021 8:33:04 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: Libloather
Switzerland has a beach volleyball team? Where do they go to practice?

It is not a big deal to build a sand volleyball court...

There is a sand volleyball court on USC campus...USC is located in South Los Angeles...South of 10 Freeway...

14 posted on 08/05/2021 8:35:11 PM PDT by L.A.Justice
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To: JohnBrowdie

They are tall and both are flat as a board.


15 posted on 08/05/2021 8:37:54 PM PDT by airborne (Thank you Rush for helping me find FreeRepublic! )
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To: L.A.Justice

I figured it was maybe Austria. Or Kansas.


16 posted on 08/05/2021 8:41:35 PM PDT by Libloather (Why do climate change hoax deniers live in mansions on the beach?)
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To: airborne

yeah, I’m ready for a female felon now. almost any female felon will do. maybe one of them bad teacher chicks.


17 posted on 08/05/2021 9:16:37 PM PDT by JohnBrowdie
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To: MuttTheHoople
and we care WHY?

There are many Americans that love both some sports and great performances by American's that love America.

If you saw the heart warming performance of the black, woman wrestler that won Gold and wrapped herself in the American Flag and praised her Country you would understand.

If that performance wouldn't make you proud of her and America, I feel sorry for you.

18 posted on 08/06/2021 4:07:27 AM PDT by USS Alaska (NUKE ALL MOOSELIMB TERRORISTS, NOW.)
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To: L.A.Justice; All

Just a thought that you don’t know who’s waiting to watch even recorded events so I would wait until at least the day passes before posting any results that might spoil an event somebody is planning to watch at a later time.


19 posted on 08/06/2021 4:39:50 AM PDT by bramps (It's the Islam, stupid!)
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To: MuttTheHoople

because of jerks like you, you deserve the worst comment i have ever written on fr, over your immature “and we care WHY??????????????????” screed
— grow up


20 posted on 08/06/2021 12:06:21 PM PDT by Weirdad (Orthodox Americanism: It's what's good for the world! (Not communofascism!))
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