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