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Brazil's Eduarda Santos Lisboa, right, and Ana Patricia Silva Ramos celebrate during the women's quarterfinal beach volleyball match between Brazil and Latvia at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Brazilian women beat Latvia in beach volleyball semifinals to join Canada at Paris Olympics

By Jerome Pugmire - Associated Press

Norway's Christian Sandlie Soerum, left, and Anders Berntsen Mol react during the men's pool B beach volleyball match between Norway and Netherlands at Eiffel Tower Stadium at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Friday, Aug. 2, 2024, in Paris, France. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Better known for snow than sand, Norway and Sweden are upstaging Olympic beach volleyball dynasties

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Gaudencia Makokha, right, of Kenya, celebrates a play with teammate Brackcides Khadambi, during a women's beach volleyball match against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

Beach volleyball bosses hope for spike in participation

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Tri Bourne, left, of the United States, celebrates with teammate Jacob Gibb, after winning a men's beach volleyball match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Howdy, partner! New beach pairings find success at Olympics

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

Katie Ledecky of United States prepares for her swim in the women's 200-meter freestyle semifinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Five swimming events to be decided on Day 5 of Olympics

By Jenna Fryer - Associated Press

Sanne Keizer, of the Netherlands, and teammate Madelein Meppelink react during a women's beach volleyball match against China at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Why Olympic beach volleyball players wear bikinis

By Jimmy Golen - Associated Press

FILE - In this July 14, 2019, file photo, April Ross, left, and Alix Klineman, of the United States, celebrate their victory after the women's gold medal game at the Beachvolley Worldtour Major Series in Gstaad, Switzerland. With her usual practice sites closed down, two-time Olympic medalist April Ross managed to build her own beach volleyball court with supplies she picked up at Home Depot. What’s proven to be a more difficult adjustment to the coronavirus pandemic: Remembering not to high-five her partner Alix Klineman during their workouts. (Peter Schneider/Keystone via AP, FIile)

AVP volleyball tour subs 3-event series for regular season

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 23, 2015, filer photo, United States' Nick Lucena digs out a ball during the final match at the FIVB World Series of Beach Volleyball event in Long Beach, Calif. Organizers of the AVP beach volleyball tour gathered at their Orange County war room to try to salvage as much as possible of their season as the cancellations mounted in the sports world. Ideas tossed out included everything from a fan-free setup on a local beach to playing in front of a green screen in a TV studio. But with the suspension of the NBA season, it became obvious that scrapping any events before June was the only choice. (Michael Goulding/The Orange County Register via AP, File)

As cancellations mounted, beach tour tried to save season

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

United States' Jace Pardon, right, and Karissa Cook celebrate after beating Argentina's Ana Gallay and Fernanda Pereyra to win the gold medal for the women's beach volleyball at the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Tuesday, July 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Cook, Pardon of US win beach volleyball gold at Pan Am Games

By LUIS ANDRES HENAO - Associated Press

Chattanooga adds beach volleyball to its athletic department

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2016 file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings reacts while playing Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Walsh Jennings will call it a career in beach volleyball after the Tokyo Olympics in two years. And the three-time Olympic gold medalist absolutely plans to go out with another gold around her neck from the 2020 Games after she and partner April Ross wound up with bronze at Rio in 2016, a heartbreaking disappointment that still stings for Walsh Jennings yet fuels her at the same time. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

Kerri Walsh Jennings plans to chase gold in Tokyo, retire

By JANIE McCAULEY - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 6, 2018 file photo, Spectators cheer during a preliminary round mens beach volleyball match between Scotland and Sri Lanka at the Coolangatta Beachfront during the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. The men’s and women’s beach volleyball finals are scheduled for Thursday at the Commonwealth Games. The sport has been a perfect fit for the sun and surf culture on the Gold Coast and has attracted sold-out crowds to a temporary stadium on the beach at Coolangatta. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein,File)

Beach volleyball playing for a Commonwealth Games future

Associated Press

Pro beach volleyball players from around world form union

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

Ross tops Walsh Jennings in first matchup since beach split

Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings, left, and April Ross, right, celebrate winning a point during a women's beach volleyball quarterfinal match against Australia, at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Beach volleyball has a new ally as it tries to grow from an Olympic phenomenon to an every-year attraction: ESPN. The sports network will broadcast the World Series of Beach Volleyball, an international pro tour stop in California in July. Event organizers hope the exposure will help beach volleyball attract new fans and hold onto the ones who watch during the Summer Games only to drift away until the next Olympics. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

APNewsBreak: Beach volleyball hopes ESPN draws Olympic fans

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

Walsh sees success with new partner April Ross

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press