Beach Volleyball World Tour — AVP Cincinnati Open 2016
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Beach Volleyball World Tour — AVP Cincinnati Open 2016
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April Ross of the USA with the kill over Anika Krebs of Germany as Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA watches.
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Ryan Doherty of the USA throws up a big block of Yoshimi Hasegawa of Japan.
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Trevor Crabb of the USA with a big dig.
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Phil Dalhausser of the USA celebrates.
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Jennifer Kessy of the USA.
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Josemari Alves of Brazil.
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April Ross of the USA pokes one past Teresa Mersmann of Germany.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA.
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April Ross of the USA flat out.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA puts up the block on Isabel Schneider of Germany.
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Jennifer Fopma of the USA chases down the ball.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA.
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Casey Patterson of the USA.
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Nick Lucena of the USA was a digging machine in his second round match.
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Phil Dalhausser of the USA puts the clamps on a shot by Nicolas Capogrosso of Argentina.
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Saymon Barbosa of Brazil with a big kill. He pounded his way to the gold medal.
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Saymon Barbosa of Brazil and Tri Bourne of the USA joust at the net.
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Jake Gibb of the USA with a big spike.
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Tri Bourne of the USA with a dig.
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David Poniewaz of Germany with the dirty dig.
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Emily Day of the USA tries to dump the ball past Sayaka Mizoe of Japan.
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April Ross of the USA and Summer Ross of the USA joust at the net.
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April Ross of the USA with the dig.
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Summer Ross (left) of the USA and Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA battle at the net.
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Tim Holler of Germany with the kill over Jeremy Casebeer of the USA.
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Derek Olsen of the USA.
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Grant O'Gorman of Canada bangs the ball past Trevor Crabb of the USA.
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Seven-footer Ryan Doherty of the USA gets fired up. He and partner John Mayer made it to the bronze medal game.
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Phil Dalhauser of the USA bangs the ball past Kay Matysik of Germany.
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April Ross and Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA join hands to jog onto the court to meet their competitors prior to every match.
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April Ross (left) and Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA blasts the ball past Liliana Fernandez of Spain in the women's semi.
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Lillian Fernandez (left) and Elsa Baquerizo of Spain celebrate their bronze medal victory.
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April Ross (left) and Kerri Walsh-Jennings cruised into the women's final with a victory over Spain.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings (left) and April Ross of the USA hug during pregame introductions.
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Phil Dalhausser of the USA serves it up during the men's semis. He and partner Nick Lucena took the bronze medal.
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Saymon Barbosa of Brazil spikes the ball past Ryan Doherty of the USA during the semis.
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Josh Binstock of Canada blocks a kill attempt by Nick Lucena of the USA in the semis.
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Standing room only at the women's gold medal match between the USA and China.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA blocks a shot by Xinyi Xia of China.
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Chen Xue (left) and Xinyi of China keep the ball alive during the finals. They would up as silver medalists.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA celebrates.
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April Ross of the USA with a kill past Chen Xue of China.
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Chen Xue of China and Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA joust at the net.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings of the USA with the kill past Chen Xue of China.
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Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of the USA celebrate their gold medal win.
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(Left to right) Xinyi Xia and Chen Xue of China (Silver), Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross of the USA (Gold), and Liliana Fernandez and Elsa Baquerizo of Spain (Bronze) pose for a group hug during the women's medal ceremony.
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Josh Binstock of Canada kept this ball alive, but it was not nearly enough to get the Canadians past the Brazilians in the final.
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Gustavo Carvalhaes of Brazil makes a great dig during the gold medal match.
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Gustavo Carvalhaes and Saymon Barbosa of Brazil took the gold with a straight set victory over Canada's Linstock and Schachter.