Alix

TOKYO — Some 1,300 days ago, the veteran and the newcomer cemented their fledgling partnership by touching sloshing waterbottles together in a toast on a beach.April Ross and Alix Klineman…

TOKYO — Just four years after making the transition to beach volleyball, Alix Klineman of the United States won the gold medal on Friday with her partner April Ross, who took home her third…

The American duo of April Ross and Alix Klineman are guaranteed to win at least silver in beach volleyball, which would be Ross’s third Olympic medal. But both are seeking their first gold…

April Ross is going to play for her third Olympic medal in beach volleyball.On Thursday morning, as the sand baked in the sun and a speckling of spectators looked for patches of shade, the…

TOKYO — In a scrap of shade at Shiokaze Park, April Ross and Alix Klineman rested amid screeching cicadas and shirt-soaking humidity that pushed the heat index to 99 degrees.Like everything…

TOKYO — April Ross and Alix Klineman, an American power duo in beach volleyball, started their Olympics with a win on Sunday, defeating the Chinese team of Xue Chen and Wang Xinxin, 21-17,…