Latvia’s Tina Graudina and Anastasija Samoilova triumphed in women’s beach volleyball on Sunday evening in Adelaide, Australia. They secured the gold medal with a hard-fought three-set victory over the USA’s Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship.
The two-time Latvian Olympians started strongly and took the opening phase of the match with calm, confident play, according to Volleyball World. The Americans, Nuss & Brasher, responded well and brought the contest level, but the Latvians stayed more composed when it mattered most. Anastasija secured the final point as Latvia won 2–1.
“I can’t believe it!” an emotional Tina shared with VBTV after the final set.
“The game was so close. We constantly lost to them all the times that we had played. But today everything happened as we wanted. It’s amazing!”
“Big, big thank you to my partner Tina, to the entire team here and in Latvia and, of course, to our Latvian fans cheering for us. We are just so grateful for this journey, for this victory here... It’s just amazing! We are the luckiest and the happiest persons in the world right now,” Anastasija concluded.
The victory marked Latvia’s first-ever World Championship title and the country’s first podium finish in the tournament for either gender.
USA's Kristen Nuss and Taryn Brasher took silver, adding to their 2023 bronze in Mexico and giving the Americans their 14th medal in women’s World Championship history.
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