Friday was a great day for the two American teams competing in volleyball in the Tokyo Olympics.
April Ross and Alix Klineman won beach volleyball gold and the USA volleyball women’s team swept Serbia to advance to the gold-medal match.
VolleyballMag.com photo editor Ed Chan shot both those matches, as well as Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich winning beach bronze and the second indoor semifinal between Brazil and Korea.
Here are his favorite shots from Friday. Click on any photo to view full size:
Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich passes/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Annie Drews hits out of the back row/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Australia’s Mariafe Artacho pivots for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com April Ross takes her set out wide/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Jordyn Poulter overhand digs/Ed Chan, VBshots.com April Ross makes a one-handed dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Australia’s Mariafe Artacho lays out for a shot/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Joana Heidrich of Switzerland has all kinds of real estate available in the backcourt on this overset/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Taliqua Clancy takes a swing on two/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Alix Klineman and April Ross celebrate winning the gold medal/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Korea’s Park Jeong-ah is stopped by the Brazil triple block of FernandaGaray, Carol Gattaz and Rosamaria Montibellier/Ed Chan, VBshots.com The USA women’s national team poses for a photo after clincihing their berth into the gold medal final against Brazil/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Joana Heidrich thanks partner Anouk Verge-Depre for creating an overpass opportunity/Ed Chan, VBshots.com April Ross rips a jump serve for a second-set ace/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Jordan Larson flies in for the pipe set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Australia’s Mariafe Artacho goes for a one-handed stab dig then decides to pull it back/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich passes a tough serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Yang Hyo-jin takes advantage of the low set to Brazil’s Ana Carolina da Silva/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka come together/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Brazil’s Fernanda Garay celebrated the Brazilian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Alix Klineman find the angle as April Ross covers/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Brazil’s Macris Carneiro sets on the run during the Tokyo Olympics/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Serbia’s Mina Popovic gets some air on a fake/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Jordyn Poulter sets the slide to Foluke Akinradewo/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Alix Klineman celebrates a kill/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich and Anouk Verge-Depre pass the middle/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Brazil’s Rosamaria Montibellier dives for the tipped ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Park Jeong-ah wipes the Brazilian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Anouk Verge-Depre goes horizontal for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Foluke Akinradewo hits the three set straight down through the gap/Ed Chan, VBshots.com April Ross rejoices at the Tokyo Olympics after an Alix Klineman stuff block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich throws down an overpass/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Mina Popovic hits around the USA block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Latvia’s Tina Graudina takes a swing on two/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Switzerland’s Anouk Verge-Depre acknowledges Joana Heidrich’s block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Anouk Verge-Depre cheers a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Australia’s Mariafe Artacho brings up a powerful April Ross spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com Haleigh Washington focuses on the ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com 
