VBM photo editor Ed Chan began Wednesday morning at the Tokyo Olympics shooting the men’s beach quarterfinals, with Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum and Latvians Edgars Tocs and Martins Plavins booking their spots in Friday’s semifinals.
Ed also shot the USA women, who continued their run by sweeping the Dominican Republic. And then he captured Serbia’s sweep of Italy. The USA and Serbia play in the semifinals.
Here are his favorite shots from Tuesday. Click on any photo to view it full size.
Haleigh Washington puts a kill down/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Martins Plavins digs a high line shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Maja Ognejenovic executes a one-handed set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Isabel Pena of the DR smiles as the USA spike goes wide/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Norway’s Anders Mol reaches back for a shot at Christian Sorum prepares to play the ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The Dominican Republic’s Bethania de la Cruz takes a swing in Ariake Arena/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Foluke Akinradewo proves that middles can play defense/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley reaches for the pipe set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Bethania de la Cruz hits a jump serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Alvaro Filho digs a cut shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Annie Drews reaches high on the right side/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Alvaro Filho elevates for a crosscourt kill/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Anders Mol hits an off-balance spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The DR’s Bethania de la Cruz takes a potent outside swing/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Christian Sorum of Norway is there for the dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley and Marte Frica joust/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Annie Drews winds up for a spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Alvaro Filho digs in a spray of sand/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia setter Maja Ognjenovic sets a tight pass while Italy looks to block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
ROC’s Konstantin Semenov and Norway’s Anders Mol joust/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Alvaro Filho yells in celebration/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The DR’s Brenda Castillo tries to dig a hard-driven ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Italy’s Brankica Mihajlovic is blocked/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia’s Mina Popovic gets huge air running a fake/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Norway’s Anders Mol dives for a Filho serve line/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia’s Bojana Milenkovic hits a quick set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Micha Hancock directs the USA offense/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Justine Wong-Orantes stretches for the save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Martins Plavins taps the ball straight down/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia leads the world in celebrations/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Norway’s Christian Sorum is inches away from a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Ilya Leshukov makes a reaction one-handed stab dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The DR’s Jineiry Martin cuts back the spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia leaps for joy as it sweeps Italy/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Norway’s Anders Mol lunges to his right for a serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The DR’s Frica Marte, Jineiry Martinez and Priscilla Rivera all hustle for the ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Caro Martinez of the DR finds the USA block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Martins Plavins brings up a serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Alvaro Filho digs/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Martins Plavins goes around the Brazilian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Konstantin Semenov digs up a tape serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Bianka Busa of Serbia gets a one-on-one opportunity/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Michelle Bartsch-Hackley floats in for a spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Bianka Busa tools the Italian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Martins Plavins wins this joust against Brazil’s Alison Cerutti/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
ROC’s Ilya Leshukov reads the cut shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Edgars Tocs takes a swing/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Serbia poses for a post-match photo/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Italy’s Sladjana Mirkovic and Maja Aleksic watch a Serbian spike land near the end line/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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