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“I was supposed to start my [menstrual] cycle really soon, and I’ve learned that there can be a lot of fatigue leading up to it,” gold medalist April Ross said. “I was a little bit worried going into the finals and knowing that I could feel a little fatigued, and I can’t really help that.”

After strong performances at the Tokyo Olympics, these five young U.S. Olympians could become stars at the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

April Ross and Alix Klineman won gold in beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics and said their friendship played a key role in helping them play so well together. We gave them a friendship test to see what things would be a dealbreaker to their friendship.

Alix Klineman’s boyfriend, Teddy Purcell, sent her a string of congratulatory texts after Klineman and partner April Ross snatched the gold medal in beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics.

April Ross and Alix Klineman won the gold medal in women’s beach volleyball at the Tokyo Olympics. It’s the third Olympic medal for Ross and first for Klineman.

April Ross and Alix Klineman are Olympic champions. The United States’ top women’s beach volleyball pair took down Australia’s Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy in straight sets in Thursday night’s gold medal match. Ross and Klineman, who dropped just one set the entire tournament, took the first set, 21-15, before sealing gold in the second, 21-16. The...

April Ross and Alix Klineman advance to the gold medal game after defeating Switzerland.

Two-time Olympic medalist April Ross and teammate Alix Klineman will play for the gold medal in beach volleyball.

Team USA Beach Volleyball pair April Ross and Alix Klineman advance to the semifinals after defeating Germany two sets to none.

In their quarterfinal match, Team USA’s beach volleyball veterans April Ross and Alix Klineman won big over an experienced German team.

Team USA’s April Ross and Alix Klineman outlasted the Germans to advance to the women’s beach volleyball semifinals at the Tokyo Olympics.

Following his elimination from the Tokyo Olympics, beach volleyball player and four-time Olympian Phil Dalhausser announced his retirement.

To keep himself busy in Japan while living in modified quarantine, four-time Olympian and 2008 beach volleyball gold medalist Phil Dalhausser decided to add up how much time he has spent away from his children. “I was in a quiet room. Had a lot of time to think,” he said after being eliminated on Sunday and confirming that this will…

April Ross and Alix Klineman are through to the quarterfinals. Ross and Klineman remained perfect at the Tokyo Olympics, beating Cuba’s Leila Consuelo Martinez Ortega and Lidianny Echevarria Benitez in a Round of 16 matchup on Sunday night. The U.S. pair won in straight sets, 21-17, 21-15. They have dropped just one set total across four matches at the...

There’s a lot more to building a beach volleyball court than just stringing up a net by the sea.

U.S. beach volleyball team Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena were eliminated by Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar

U.S. beach volleyball players Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil lost in three sets in round of 16 against Canada’s Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson on Saturday, eliminating them from the Olympic competition.

As the men’s and women’s beach volleyball knockout stages began, Team USA was front and center fighting for more gold medals to bring home from Tokyo. First up for the American duos was Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil. After going 3-0 in pool play, Claes and Sponcil faced Canada’s Heather Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson on Saturday in the Round...

U.S. volleyball players Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil won two out of the three sets in Friday’s game against Brazil’s Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Rebecca Silva.

April Ross and Alix Klineman improved to 3-0 in pool play after the U.S. duo beat Sanne Keizer and Madeleine Meppelink of the Netherlands.