APRIL ROSS

The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out.

The unpredictable was a, if not the key component of the beach volleyball experience in Tokyo this Olympics.

It's the first gold in the sport for Team USA since 2012.

April Ross and Alix Klineman, aka the "A-Team", delivered when it mattered most, winning in straight sets in the gold medal match against Australia. For Ross, it's the third Olympic medal of her career.

The new medal standard in Olympic women’s track has been set.

Day 14 of the Tokyo Olympics opened with several Americans earning a shot at gold while April Ross and Alix Klineman made good on theirs.

Historically, U.S. women have been incredibly dominant in beach volleyball at the Olympics. April Ross and Alix Klineman handily beat a duo from Australia to win gold in Tokyo.

April Ross now has the complete set of Olympic beach volleyball medals.

April Ross and Alix Klineman advanced to the finals, ensuring Ross' third Olympic medal.

U.S. beach volleyball player April Ross - the London Games silver and Rio bronze medalist - and partner Alix Klineman defeated Germany in the women's quarterfinals on Tuesday, becoming the last woman standing with Olympic medals to her name.

The main action for Day 12 of the Tokyo Games is at Olympic Stadium with live track & field events anchoring Wednesday coverage.

Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Germany in straight sets, 21-19, 21-19. The duo advance to the semifinal match on Thursday morning in Tokyo.

Mickael Mawem of France is the top men’s qualifier in sport climbing’s Olympic debut and will be joined by his brother Bassa in the finals at the Tokyo Games.

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

The quest for gold medals is on track for the U.S. women’s basketball and volleyball teams after finishing at the top of their groups in pool play.

Jake Gibb and substitute teammate Tri Bourne lost to Germany in the beach volleyball round of 16, ending their shotgun partnership after just two weeks.

April Ross and Alix Klineman's victory brings Team USA into the beach volleyball quarterfinals.

The final night of swimming gives Caeleb Dressel and four-time Olympic medalist Simone Manuel more chances to collect hardware on Day 8 of the Tokyo Games.

The Tokyo Games got their first swimming individual world record and a fast start to the track competition on Day 7 of the Olympics.

Team USA's second-seeded beach volleyball team of April Ross and Alix Klineman dumped Dutch duo Sanne Keizer and Madelein Meppelink in the rain, 20-22, 21-17, 15-5.

Track and Field begins competition on Day 6 of the Tokyo Games and four medal events will be decided in the pool in Thursday's coverage of the Olympics.

No, members of women's teams are not required to wear bikinis when they play beach volleyball at the Olympics. “I have always felt like when you get somebody drawn in, however you get them into beach volleyball, they fall in love with the sport,” said American April Ross, a three-time Olympian. Beach volleyball has been one of the most popular sports at the Summer Games since it was added to the program in 1996.

The U.S. pair of April Ross and Alix Klineman beat China in straight sets in their Pool B match in Tokyo.

The Americans will try to add to their impressive first day haul of swimming medals on Day 3 of the Tokyo Games when some of their top competitors get back in the pool Monday.

Chen Lijun kept China’s perfect record in weightlifting intact with victory in the men’s 67-kilogram class at the Tokyo Olympics.

Yui Ohashi has given Japan its first swimming gold medal at the Tokyo Aquatics Centre. With a dazzling breaststroke leg, Ohashi romped to victory in the women’s 400-meter individual medley, touching first in 4 minutes, 32.08 seconds. The Americans have earned five of a possible nine medals from the first three swimming finals, including a gold by Chase Kalisz in the men’s 400 individual medley.

The first day of full competition of the Tokyo Games could mark the turning point for an uneasy Japanese public that overwhelmingly disapproved of the Olympics being held during the pandemic.

The Czech Olympic Committee is launching an investigation after women's beach volleyball player Marketa Nausch-Slukova and cyclist Michal Schlegel tested positive for COVID-19 on Thursday.

The full beach volleyball schedule for the Tokyo Olympics is here.

Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach the Olympics for a sixth time when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match in Ostrava, Czech Republic.