phelps 6,527 Posted August 19, 2018 #31 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) in the women's division, Agatha/Duda won the Tour Finals with a clear 2-0 (21-15, 21-19) success over Hermannova/Slukova in the Gold Medal match. Bronze Medal went to Clancy/Artacho Del Solar (2-1 over Maria Antonelli/Carol). Edited August 19, 2018 by phelps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LDOG 2,181 Posted August 19, 2018 #32 Share Posted August 19, 2018 I'm puzzled, how can a country with the weather of Norway be good at beach volleyball but suck at indoor? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted August 19, 2018 #33 Share Posted August 19, 2018 10 hours ago, wumo26 said: Another victory for Mol/Sorum in Beach Volleyball FIVB World Tour Finals. 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 Karch Kiraly and Kent Steffes record from 1993-1994 They have also won 24 of their last 25 matches including a winning streak of 22 matches This is insane 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 If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted August 19, 2018 #34 Share Posted August 19, 2018 (edited) 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 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 Edited August 19, 2018 by heywoodu If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,791 Posted August 19, 2018 #35 Share Posted August 19, 2018 3 minutes ago, heywoodu said: This is insane 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 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. heywoodu 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcro 10,172 Posted August 19, 2018 #36 Share Posted August 19, 2018 20 minutes ago, heywoodu said: Because Norwegians are hardcore and don't give two f*cks about a bit of cold 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 Then explain Latvia. They don't even have the mountains. #banbestmen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heywoodu 13,499 Posted August 19, 2018 #37 Share Posted August 19, 2018 2 minutes ago, dcro said: Then explain Latvia. They don't even have the mountains. Because the only other option there is working for shirt dot gov, obviously. Spoiler If you'd like to help our fellow Totallympics member Bruna Moura get to the 2026 Winter Olympics, after her car crash on the way to the 2022 Olympics, every tiny bit of help would be greatly appreciated! Full story and how to help can be found here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phelps 6,527 Posted August 20, 2018 #38 Share Posted August 20, 2018 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wumo 2,791 Posted October 25, 2018 #39 Share Posted October 25, 2018 (edited) The Beach Volley Vikings conquer another title. Mol and Sorum win fifth title in a row in Las Vegas, after a 21-13, 21-17 victory over Fijalek and Bryl. Enjoy your bottles, boys. You deserve it. Edited October 25, 2018 by wumo26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thiago_simoes 1,359 Posted October 25, 2018 #40 Share Posted October 25, 2018 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 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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