Reigning Olympic champions David Ahman-Jonatan Hellvig are now also the new men\u2019s world champions in beach volleyball. At 23 and 24, respectively, they are the youngest world champs ever.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the all-Swedish gold medal showdown at the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship in Adelaide, they persevered through two sets of their even younger compatriots Jacob Holting Nilsson-Elmer Andersson\u2019s strong resistance to triumph with the crown. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The story from the Paris 2024 Olympics repeated, and after losing two of their three matches in the pool stage of the tournament, Ahman-Hellvig found their way to the top of the podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was Sweden\u2019s first-ever title in the history of the World Championships in either gender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The two medals the northern European country picked up enriched its World Championship collection to a total of three, after Ahman-Hellvig\u2019s silver at Tlaxcala 2023. In addition, Sweden became only the second country in history to have two teams playing against one another in a World Championship final. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only Brazil has achieved such an exploit in the past, once in men\u2019s competition and twice on the women\u2019s side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a spectacular final, the more-experienced Ahman-Hellvig, seeded third in the draw, managed a\u00a025-23, 21-19\u00a0victory over 20-year-old Holting Nilsson and 19-year-old Andersson, seeded seventh.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Holting Nilsson was the best scorer of the match with 25 points, including three kill blocks. Hellvig led the winners with 22, also featuring three blocking points. Ahman added 15, while Andersson finished with 12, including the only ace of the match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOf course, we\u2019ve always dreamt of winning a World Championship title. We didn\u2019t believe we would make it this time as I\u2019ve been injured, but we just kept playing better and better every single game and now we are here! It\u2019s crazy!\u201d said an elated Ahman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cIt was just unbelievable and so cool that we had two Swedish teams in the final. And I\u2019m just so proud of our team, of our coaches and, of course, of Jacob and Elmer as well!\u201d Hellvig added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier on Sunday, T\u00e9o Rotar-Arnaud Gauthier-Rat made history, winning France\u2019s first-ever medal in the tournament.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Frenchmen faced German Olympic medalists Nils Ehlers-Clemens Wickler in the first match of the last day of action in Adelaide and secured the historic result by taking them down\u00a021-15, 21-15\u00a0to finish third and earn a spot on the podium in Australia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Latvia\u2019s Tina Graudina-Anastasija Samoilova triumphed as the new women\u2019s world champions in beach volleyball. They defeated USA\u2019s Kristen Nuss-Taryn Brasher in the gold medal showdown after a three-set battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It was not only Latvia\u2019s first-ever World Championship title, but also the central European country\u2019s first-ever World Championship podium in either gender. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nuss-Brasher\u2019s silver was their second medal in the competition, after the 2023 bronze they earned in Mexico. It was also USA\u2019s 14th\u00a0medal in the history of the women\u2019s World Championships. Earlier on Sunday, Brazil\u2019s Carol Solberg-Rebecca Cavalcanti claimed the Adelaide 2025 women\u2019s bronze.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Fifth-seeded Tina & Anastasija went through the entire tournament dropping only a set in eight matches played, the second set in the\u00a021-15, 15-21, 15-11\u00a0gold medal showdown against the third-seeded Nuss-Brasher.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With three aces under her belt, Anastasija emerged as the best scorer of the final on a total of 26 points. Tina chipped in with another 21 points, including two aces and a kill block. Brasher also finished with 21 points. Her tally featured three blocks and an ace. Valiant defender Nuss added 13 points for the US team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cI can\u2019t believe it!\u201d said an emotional Tina after the final. \u201cThe game was so close. We constantly lost to them all the times that we had played. But today everything happened as we wanted. It\u2019s amazing!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cBig, 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\u2026 It\u2019s just amazing! We are the luckiest and the happiest persons in the world right now,\u201d Anastasija added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Earlier in the bronze medal match, 38-year-old Carol Solberg and 32-year-old Rebecca Cavalcanti of Brazil made it to their first women\u2019s FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championship podium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The number two team in the FIVB World Ranking and number two seed in the tournament earned bronze as they won the all-Brazilian third-place duel with the world\u2019s number one, top-seeded Thamela Coradello-Victoria Lopes. It was Brazil\u2019s 19th\u00a0medal in the history of the women\u2019s World Championships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Carol & Solberg emerged victorious from a hard-fought straight-setter against their compatriots with a\u00a021-18, 22-20\u00a0win. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
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