The A Team and Dalcena were back in action on the beach Tuesday at the Tokyo Olympics, and both won, and the USA women swept China indoors.
VolleyballMag.com photo editor Ed Chan put together his best photos from a rainy day in Japan, plus a couple of pics from yesterday’s USA men’s loss to ROC:
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Jordan Thompson finds some angle/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
China libero Mengjie Wang has the ball slip through her hands/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordyn Poulter jump sets high above the net for the USA against China as Foluke Akinradewo/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordan Larson finds the line open/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordyn Poulter makes a reaction set during a scramble play/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The USA puts up a big triple block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordan Larson hits the pipe set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Karch Kiraly makes in-match corrections/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Micah Christenson rips a jump serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordan Thompson hits through a hole in the Chinese block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordan Thompson gets one of her 34 kills/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Jordan Thompson pushes the ball off hina’s fingertips/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Justine Wong-Orantes lunges for a dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Xia Ding makes a save/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Liliana Fernandez prepares for the next serve/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
USA volleyball women’s National team
Micah Christenson sets while avoiding the ROC block/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Taylor Sander, tooling the ROC block during the Olympics, will not play indoors/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Haleigh Washington hits high hands against China/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Xia Ding makes a high speed running set/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
USA coach Karch Kiraly reacts as Jordan Thompson overruns the dig/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
China’s X.Y. Yuan gets a couple of fingers on the Jordan Thompson spike during the Tokyo Olympics/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
ROC’s Maxim Mikhaylov rips an overpass in the middle of three USA defenders/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
David Smith hits the bump one set from Micah Christenson/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
April Ross dives for the cut shot against Spain/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Taylor Sander takes a jump serve in the shoulder/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Matt Anderson spikes from the three-meter line/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
David Smith fends off a ROC spike/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Elsa Baquerizo picks up block deflection/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Taylor Sander displays his jump serve vertical/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
The USA women starting six await the bench to celebrate the win over 2016 gold medalists China/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
Elsa Baquerizo digs in front of Liliana Fernandez/Ed Chan, VBshots.com
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