website statistics
Jump to content
  • Register/Login on Totallympics!

    Sign up to Totallympics to get full access to our website.

     

    Registration is free and allows you to participate in our community. You will then be able to reply to threads and access all pages.

     

    If you encounter any issues in the registration process, please send us a message in the Contact Us page.

     

    We are excited to see you on Totallympics, the home of Olympic Sports!

     

Beach Volleyball 2018 Discussion Thread


Recommended Posts

in the women's division, :BRA Agatha/Duda won the Tour Finals with a clear 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) success over  :CZE Hermannova/Slukova in the Gold Medal match.

Bronze Medal went to :AUS Clancy/Artacho Del Solar (2-1 over :BRA Maria Antonelli/Carol).

Edited by phelps
Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161039
Share on other sites

10 hours ago, wumo26 said:

Another victory for :NORMol/Sorum in Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals. :champion:

They have now won their last 4 tournaments: 5-star Gstaad, European Championship, 5-star Vienna and now the World Tour Finals in Hamburg. 

They have won 253.000 $ in the last four consecutive tournaments which is a new record, beating :USAKarch Kiraly and Kent Steffes record from 1993-1994:thumbup:

They have also won 24 of their last 25 matches including a winning streak of 22 matches :bowdown:

This is insane :bowdown:

 

Only a month and a week ago (!) they got Norway's first World Tour win in 20 years, and now they're winning literally everything :d 

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161060
Share on other sites

1 hour ago, LDOG said:

I'm puzzled, how can a country with the weather of Norway be good at beach volleyball but suck at indoor?

 

Because Norwegians are hardcore and don't give two f*cks about a bit of cold :cool:

 

Besides, have you seen how the Norwegian outdoor looks? I don't care if it's -10 degrees man, I'd prefer that over any indoor court every day of the year :d 

Edited by heywoodu

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161061
Share on other sites

3 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

This is insane :bowdown:

 

Only a month and a week ago (!) they got Norway's first World Tour win in 20 years, and now they're winning literally everything :d 

Another crazy thing is they actually considered to stop their partnership because the results wasn't good enough.  They played a tournament with new partners in June, but started to play together again the next tournament. 

 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161063
Share on other sites

20 minutes ago, heywoodu said:

 

Because Norwegians are hardcore and don't give two f*cks about a bit of cold :cool:

 

Besides, have you seen how the Norwegian outdoor looks? I don't care if it's -10 degrees man, I'd prefer that over any indoor court every day of the year :d 

 

Then explain Latvia. They don't even have the mountains. :p

#banbestmen

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161068
Share on other sites

2 minutes ago, dcro said:

 

Then explain Latvia. They don't even have the mountains. :p

Because the only other option there is working for shirt dot gov, obviously.

 

Spoiler

 

 

.

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161070
Share on other sites

12 ore fa, LDOG ha scritto:

I'm puzzled, how can a country with the weather of Norway be good at beach volleyball but suck at indoor?

 

because to be constantly good in a true team sport you need a lot of people practicing that activity (and in Norway they don't have that many volleyball players), meanwhile it's a lot easier once every while to find a pair working well together and establishing among the best in the world...

for what concerns the weather, we all know that all the best players are used to travel around the world the whole year, looking for the hot sun (even the Italian players always spend our winter/early spring in the Brazilian summer to find a better climate than in Italy...I mean, Italy...where we have 20 degrees or more around Christmas in the southern regions)...

so, that makes it a non-factor, after all (and still, they also train a lot indoor even in beach volley, especially the youngsters who don't travel the world so much as the professionals)...

 

p.s. by the way, it's full of European Countries with the same "problem" of Norway...look at Latvia, Austria, Czech Republic (mainly among the women), Switzerland (a few years ago they had 3 pairs fixed in the top 10 of the world ranking and won even Olympic medals)...the same Germany (recently they improved a lot also in indoor volleyball, but their men basically has always been competitive only in beach volley...and the women's results, despite being better than the men's, are also not comparable in terms of global success between indoor and beach...in favor of the outdoor version, of course)...

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-161112
Share on other sites

  • 2 months later...

The Beach Volley Vikings conquer another title. :NOR Mol and Sorum win fifth title in a row in Las Vegas, after a 21-13, 21-17 victory over :POL Fijalek and Bryl. :champion:

Enjoy your bottles, boys. You deserve it.  :thumbup:

 

GetImage.asmx?No=79817&type=Press&width=920&height=588&stretch=uniformtofill

Edited by wumo26
Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-175222
Share on other sites

Em 8/20/2018 at 04:27, phelps disse:

they also train a lot indoor even in beach volley, especially the youngsters who don't travel the world so much as the professionals)...


This is exactly why I think the "summer" in Summer Olympic Games is a farce. Not only indoor sports (volleyball, gymnastics) do not depend on the weather, even sports that were supposed to be played on the beach can be replicated in an indoor environment. 

Link to comment
https://totallympics.com/forums/topic/770-beach-volleyball-2018-discussion-thread/page/4/#findComment-175245
Share on other sites

Guest
This topic is now closed to further replies.
  • Latest Posts around Totallympics

    • We don’t even have a broadcaster or streaming platform for the games ! IOC couldn’t get any deal for the Indian viewers and we can’t watch this games live ! 
    • 2028 Team Size Projection – Jan 2026 Update   Here’s an update to my 2028 Team Size Projection. While I touch upon major events changes may occur due to results in smaller events. Additionally, several sports released their qualification document so there may be cases where I have to update the projection. I will only include sports where there is an update.   Here is the link to the updated sheet.     Aquatics (Water Polo) The Men’s European Championships saw take gold. The victory moved Serbia up a few places between European nations. With that said, no one fell out of Olympic qualification with the likes of France and Romania still on the outside looking in. remains on the edge.   Athletics (Marathon) Both the Xiamen and Osaka marathons were held this month along with a few other smaller events. While there were a few changes in the rankings, in terms of Olympic projections gains an athlete in the men’s marathon at the expense of   Badminton Major tournaments include the Malaysia Open and India Open. New updates which affected projections include the women’s doubles where overtook . As Polina Buhrova is also scheduled to compete in the singles event, an additional spot has been open. Other changes in the women’s singles was loses one of their quotas. and benefit from those losses.   Indonesia’s loss on the women’s side is offset by gaining a second player in the men’s singles. This puts   on the outside.   Canoeing The qualification document for both Slalom and Sprint were released/updated. No significant changes were found in the Sprint update. Slalom had significant changes relative to 2024 where the initial quotas will be decided by rankings and kayak cross will now have significant quotas being allocated. After adjustment, the following nations lost a quota; Andorra, Chinese Taipei, Ireland, New Zealand, North Macedonia, Slovakia, and Sweden. The following nations gained a quota; Canada, China, France, Italy, South Africa, Spain, and Tunisia.   Cricket The Women’s T20 World Cup Qualifier was held. No changes to the projection.   Equestrian (Dressage & Jumping) Various World Cup events were held. No changes to the projections were made.   Fencing We had two Grand Prix this month, one for epee and the other for sabre. In men’s epee, overtakes . On the women’s side, the United States moved into the top 4 in the team ranking, pushing Estonia down to fifth. This pushed out of Olympic qualification while takes the Americas quota. This caused a downstream effect on the individual side as Ukraine takes an individual quota and Canada relinquishes their quota, additionally, gained a quota while lost one.   In men’s sabre, now takes the Asian team quota pushing down to just an individual quota. No changes were found in women’s sabre.   Handball Four men’s continental championships were held this month. finished top in Africa while a couple of upsets were saw in South America and Asia where and won over and respectively. Despite their wins, they currently haven’t leapfrogged into being projected to qualify. We’ll see how they perform at the World Championships.   Europe saw finish fourth. This was enough to push it into Olympic qualification projection. They pushed out.   Rowing The qualification document was released. There was a change in boat allocation relative to 2024 and the continental qualifier was slightly different than what I projected. Additionally, I assumed coastal rowing would allow 2 men and 2 women to compete in its three events, but the max is 1 man and 1 woman. This has caused significant changes to the projections.   Overall, the United States lost four quotas. Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Lithuania, New Zealand, Norway, and Spain lost two quotas and Algeria, Argentina, Croatia, Cuba, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Netherlands, Portugal, Tunisia lost one quota.   The following nations have gained two athletes; Japan, Morocco while the following nations gained one athlete; Angola, Austria, Belgium, Chile, Chinese Taipei, Cote d’Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Kuwait, Latvia, Mexico, Romania, Philippines, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Togo, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu   Rugby Sevens Fixing a couple of mistakes. First on the men, actually has the Asian quota over and in the women as is essentially shutting down the program, I think it is only right to remove them until they decide to compete again. This means is also projected to qualify.   As for new updates, we saw the third tier SVNS compete, which brought no new updates and the Singapore SVNS. I also didn’t add the Dubai or Cape Town SVNS in my calculations. For both, while there was some shuffling no one ultimately fell out.   Shooting The Asian Shotgun Championships were held this month. A few top shooters were missing. The only change to the projection is is set to qualify in women’s trap, pushing out   Squash The Tournament of Champions was held this month. Additionally, the qualification document was released. There was some restriction as to how many nations can send two players and this sport will offer universality quotas.   The following nations lost an athlete quota; Colombia, France, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and New Zealand. The following nations gained an athlete quota; Canada, Pakistan, Spain (x2), Switzerland, Ukraine   Triathlon The qualification document was released. There are a few changes relative to 2024. Projection changes include: Losses to Hong Kong and Slovenia and gains for Austria and China.   Weightlifting The qualification document was released. One change to be made was the reallocation process for host nation quotas. Due to this, El Salvador Iraq, Palau, Sri Lanka, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu lost quotas while Australia, China, Dominican Republic, Iran, and Samoa (x2) gained quotas.   Wrestling The qualification document was released. There were some significant changes to the qualification process including using the world rankings and the final qualifier only consisting of non-qualified nations. The projection changes are as follows; losses to Belarus, Bulgaria, China, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Mongolia, Russia, South Korea, Sweden, and Turkey.   Belgium and Lithuania gained 2 quotas while American Samoa, Austria, Estonia, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Latvia, Madagascar, Spain, and Turkmenistan gained 1 quota.
    • Looks like we in the Philippines are in the same situation. No news yet on whether we’ll be able to watch the Games 
    • Cricket is any day in a better position than Baseball, Modern Pentathlon or Rowing 8s globally
    • http://i.imgur.com/gLJZbix.jpg   Honestly football is just on another level. For other sports, an expanded field or creating multiple host cities likely only works with baseball, cricket and maybe basketball, and only in very specific countries.
    • No streaming for the games in India. I contacted IOC they just sent me a list where the games will be shown live.    Last games we had the Olympic channel and YouTube showing the live coverage for regions with no media rights. This time sadly no such schedule.   So much about making the games accessible to all...
    • What revealed those files of Epstein !!!! thousands of scandals , horrible diguisting things mixing politic criminalities , robbery , scam , manipulation...etc    all those celebrities of shht that you love   
    • I wonder if instead of having flexibility around what sport to add there should be one or two team sports per game with an expanded field (of 16 or 32 or w/e) where the host gets to pick which which team sports (if any) has an expanded field.
    • Dunno if this is geoblocked, but this is from our weekly comedy show Saturday Night Live  
×
×
  • Create New...