Norway’s Mol and Sorum, Tokyo Olympics champs, beat Qatar for beach volleyball bronze at Paris Games

Published 4:26 pm Saturday, August 10, 2024

Qatar's Ahmed Tijan in action against Norway during the beach volleyball men's bronze medal match at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024, in Paris, France.

PARIS (AP) — Norway beat Qatar in the men’s beach volleyball bronze medal match at the Paris Games on Saturday, the second medal-winning Olympics in a row for Anders Mol and Christian Sorum.

The defending gold medalists won 21-13, 21-16 over Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan, who won the bronze medal in Tokyo.

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Sweden’s jump-setting pair of David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig were set to play Germany’s Nils Ehlers and Clemens Wickler for gold later Saturday – the final competition at the iconic Eiffel Tower Stadium.


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