Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum are the new Olympic champions! On Saturday at Shiokaze Park, they won the Tokyo 2020 men’s beach volleyball final to claim a historic first Olympic medal for their country on the sand.
Reigning world champions Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy of the Russian Olympic Committee took the silver. No one from their country had made it to the beach volleyball Olympic podium before.
Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan claimed the bronze, also Qatar’s first ever Olympic medal in beach volleyball.
Find out more:
Today’s recap of the men’s competition
Quick links:
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Schedule and results
Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 - Beach volleyball
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour
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