Beach Volleyball

Reigning World and Olympic Champions Christian Sørum and Anders Mol are dominating beach volleyball. Their partnership, rooted in a Viking mentality, has kept them atop the sport for six years. They are now preparing for a historic back-to-back Olympic gold at Paris 2024 to honour Christian's mother's legacy.

Athletes To Watch - Paris 2024

Originals

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Norwegian duo are targeting back-to-back Olympic Gold | Athletes to Watch

Watch all the Olympic Gold Medal moments from Norway at the Olympic Games Tokyo 2020.

Tokyo 2020 | Olympic Games

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National Anthems | The Gold Medal Moments of Norway in Tokyo

Despite the grey skies and rain at the capital, it was all sunshine and celebration for Team Norway's Ander Mol and Christian Sorum after beating ROC's Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy in a thrilling men's beach volleyball gold medal match at Shiozake Park, whilst Qatar defeated Latvia to clinch bronze.

Highlights

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Men's Beach Volleyball | Highlights

A truly medal-worthy performance from Beach Volleyball  Men´s Team. Take a look at one of their greatest moments!

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Emotion | Tokyo 2020: Beach Volleyball - Reaction (NOR)

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Sweden

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Christian Sandlie SORUM

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David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden claimed victory in the men’s beach volleyball gold-medal match on Saturday, 10 August, defeating Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler of Germany to claim the gold medal under the Eiffel Tower at the Olympic Games Paris 2024.
Ahman/Hellvig won the gold-medal match in emphatic

Paris 2024 | Olympic Games

David Ahman (left) and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden react during the men's gold medal match against Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler of Germany.

David Ahman (left) and Jonatan Hellvig of Sweden in men's beach volleyball at Paris 2024

Sweden’s Ahman/Hellvig make beach volleyball history with men's gold

The Tokyo 2020 gold medallists explain the secrets behind their successful chemistry and how they have managed to stay at the top for so many years: 'We are pretty good at resetting our minds, like, going on and off with our brains,' they said in this exclusive interview."

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Anders Mol and Christian Sorum: This is the key to our ‘forced marriage’

Follow the exciting journeys of 15 top athletes from Europe, who are hoping to compete at the Olympic Games Paris 2024, in Olympic Channel’s newest original documentary: Athletes to Watch - Paris 2024.
The 15-part original series features Enzo Lefort (France, fencing), India Sardjoe (Netherlands, breaking), Kauli Vaast (France, surfing),

MARSEILLE, FRANCE - JULY 14: Lauriane Nolot of France winning the Gold Medal in the Women's Kite Final F1 during Day Six of the Paris 2024 Sailing Test Event at Marseille Marina on July 14, 2023 in Marseille, France. (Photo by Clive Mason/Getty Images)

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Olympic Channel launches new documentary series “Athletes to Watch - Paris 2024” - Watch now for free

The 2023 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships will be returning to Latin America after 20 years when action gets underway in Tlaxcala, Mexico on Friday 6 October.
Running until 15 October, the tournament will feature 48 men’s and 48 women’s teams with Olympic quotas on the line for the best-ranked

Tokyo 2020 champion Alix Klineman will make her return to the sport at Tlaxcala 2023, four months after giving birth to her first child.

FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships 2023 preview: Full schedule, format, top stars and how to watch the Paris 2024 Olympic Qualifier live

Dreaming big and achieving big is what Anders Mol and Christian Sorum seem to do best.
The Norwegian beach volleyball duo have won almost everything there is to win in their sport over the past four years.
In 2021 the pair claimed Olympic glory at Tokyo 2020 and followed that

European Championships | Munich 2022

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 04: Anders Berntsen Mol #1 of Team Norway and Christian Sandlie Sorum #2 celebrate after defeating Team ROC during the Men's Quarterfinal beach volleyball on day twelve of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park on August 04, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Elsa/Getty Images)

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Anders Mol and Christian Sorum: Our best is yet to come

Anders Mol and Christian Sorum have had a remarkable run, and they aren't done yet. The Norwegians are Olympic, World and European men's champions. But with age and time on their side the duo are keen to keep improving and breaking more records. Watch for more with our exclusive interviews with the pair on living 'normal life' and what they're giving back.

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Norwegian beach volleyball vikings have more to give

Some of the finest athletes from the ‘Old Continent’ will be in action from 11-21 August at the 2022 European Championships in Munich, Germany.
The multi-sport tournament takes place four years after the inaugural edition co-hosted by Berlin and Glasgow, and features nine Olympic sports (in 2018 there were seven):

MUNICH, GERMANY - MAY 03: A general view of the Olympiastadion prior to a press conference 100 days ahead the European Championships Munich 2022 at Olympiastadion on May 03, 2022 in Munich, Germany. (Photo by Alexander Hassenstein/Getty Images)

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Top things to know about European Championships Munich 2022: Preview, schedule, how to watch stars compete in athletics, cycling, gymnastics and more

Re-watch the most powerful beach volleyball spikes from the Tokyo 2020 Games in 2021: Mol & Sorum, Ross & Klineman, and more, driving all the energy to win an Olympic medal.

April Ross #1 of Team United States during the Women's Semifinal at the Tokyo 2020 beach volleyball event in 2021

Beach Volleyball: watch the top spikes of the medal rounds at Tokyo 2020 in 2021

Olympic beach volleyball men's champions Anders Mol and Christian Sorum of Norway were once again imperious in 2021, and rounded off the season with a thrilling victory at the FIVB World Tour Finals on October 10, in Cagliari, Italy.
They defeated Czech Repbulic duo Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner 2-0

TOKYO, JAPAN - AUGUST 01: Anders Berntsen Mol #1 and Christian Sandlie Sorum #2 of Team Norway react after defeating Team Netherlands during the Men's Round of 16 beach volleyball on day nine of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Shiokaze Park on August 01, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images)

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Olympic Beach Volleyball Champions Anders Mol and Christian Sorum capture FIVB World Tour Finals title 2021

Olympic champions Anders Mol and Christian Sørum claimed their fourth consecutive European title in Vienna on Sunday (15 August).
The Norwegians were pushed all the way by Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot of the Netherlands, taking an hour and seven minutes to win 21-19, 24-26, 15-12.
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Olympic champs Mol and Sørum win fourth straight European title

Paris 2024

Tokyo 2020

This event took place on 06/08/2021 at the Shiokaze Park, Tokyo. Mol/Sorum (NOR) claimed the Gold, Krasilnikov/Stoyanovsky (ROC) Silver and Cherif/Ahmed (QAT) Bronze with a 2:0 victory over Plavins/Tocs (LAT)

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Norwegian duo are targeting back-to-back Olympic Gold | Athletes to Watch

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Norwegian duo are targeting back-to-back Olympic Gold | Athletes to Watch

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