The best Tokyo Olympics volleyball photos from a great Friday for A Team, USA women
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VBM Staff
August 6, 2021
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:
Brazil’s Macris Carneiro sets on the run during the Tokyo Olympics/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Switzerland’s Joana Heidrich and Anouk Verge-Depre pass the middle/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
April Ross takes her set out wide/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Joana Heidrich thanks partner Anouk Verge-Depre for creating an overpass opportunity/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordyn Poulter overhand digs/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Taliqua Clancy takes a swing on two/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Anouk Verge-Depre goes horizontal for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Haleigh Washington focuses on the ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Alix Klineman find the angle as April Ross covers/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
April Ross rejoices at the Tokyo Olympics after an Alix Klineman stuff block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
April Ross makes a one-handed dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Rosamaria Montibellier dives for the tipped ball/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Brazil’s Fernanda Garay celebrated the Brazilian block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
April Ross rips a jump serve for a second-set ace/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Yang Hyo-jin takes advantage of the low set to Brazil’s Ana Carolina da Silva/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
Mina Popovic hits around the USA block/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
Korea’s Park Jeong-ah is stopped by the Brazil triple block of FernandaGaray, Carol Gattaz and Rosamaria Montibellier/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Anouk Verge-Depre cheers a block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka come together/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
