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Phil Dalhausser didn't play volleyball until his senior year of high school. In college, he opted to play with friends on the beach rather than with a team in a gym. That hobby now has him as an Olympic gold medal favorite.
Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser found out last week who would join them in Beijing: Jake Gibb and Sean Rosenthal. And not a week passed before the fellow Olympians got to square off against each other.
Olympic qualifiers Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor won the AVP Crocs Slam Boulder on Sunday for their 15th straight tournament title.
Nicole Branagh and Elaine Youngs didn't need to win the FIVB event in Moscow to clinch an Olympic spot, and they didn't. But they took second, which secured the No. 2 U.S. women's berth for Beijing.
Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers have dominated their U.S. counterparts this season, and they're doing the same overseas. The duo won its second straight FIVB event Sunday and is closing in on the Olympics' top seed.
Already considered the greatest women's beach volleyball team of all-time, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh now have another record to prove it. They won an FIVB-best 32nd gold medal in Berlin.
Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh will never forget how Annett Davis and Jenny Johnson Jordan ended their 89-match AVP winning streak before their gold medal victories at the 2004 Athens Olympics.
For the first time this AVP season, Todd Rogers and Phil Dalhausser failed to win the tournament championship, as they were upset twice in Atlanta. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh, however, continued to roll.
Elaine Youngs and Nicole Branagh inched closer to the No. 2 U.S. women's Olympic berth after taking their first FIVB Tour title on Saturday in Barcelona. They defeated Brazil's Renata and Talita in the final.
Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor are back together again.
In her first tournament back after tweaking her sugically-repaired shoulder, Kerri Walsh and teammate Misty May-Treanor cruised to a 21-16, 21-13 victory in the main draw of the AVP Crocs Tour Louisville.
China's Xue Chen and Zhang Xi took gold in Seoul, while Brazil's Harley Marques and Pedro Salgado won in Italy. Americans Nicole Branagh/ Elaine Youngs and Todd Rogers/Phil Dalhausser placed third.
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Kerri Walsh and Misty May-Treanor, the defending Olympic beach volleyball gold medalists and the top-ranked qualifiers for the Beijing Games, withdrew from this weekend's AVP tournament to allow Walsh to rest her surgically repaired shoulder.
Beach volleyball is among the many sports in which China has made great leaps forward leading up to the Beijing Games. Both the men and women are rising powers boasting teams with legitimate medal chances.
One of the world's best beach volleyball players is in danger of missing the Olympics because of a knee injury.
Beach volleyball teams consist of two players. While one may be more skilled at blocking, or hitting, each player will do some of everything during a match.
