News Beach volleyball 22/06/2014 USA’s Bourne/Hyden and Czechs Kolocova/Slukova strike gold in Berlin Berlin, Germany, June 22,2014 - USA’s Tri Bourne and John Hyden and Kristyna Kolocova and MarketaSlukova from the Czech Republic claimed the gold medals at the FIVB Beach VolleyballWorld Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Sunday. Bourne and Hyden won theirfirst World Tour medal ever with a 2-0 win (21-17, 21-11) over fellow AmericansRyan Doherty and Nick Lucena in the final on the Washingtonplatz centre court. Kolocova and Slukova claimedtheir second gold in one month after winning the Prague Open in May. In theBerlin final they defeated Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta daSilva 2-1 (21-14, 18-21, 15-12). The bronze medals went toBrazil’s Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti and Germany’s Karla Borger andBritta Büthe. USA’s Bourne/Hyden win firstWorld Tour gold in Berlin Tri Bourne and John Hyden wontheir first World Tour gold medal at the FIVB Beach Volleyball Berlin smartGrand Slam on Sunday. They beat their fellow Americans Ryan Doherty and NickLucena 2-0 (21-17, 21-11) in the final in the German capital. Readmore Kolocova and Slukova crownedas Berlin smart Grand Slam champions Kristyna Kolocova and MarketaSlukova won their second gold in only one month by winning the FIVB BeachVolleyball World Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam on Sunday. The Czech teamdefeated Brazil’s Maria Antonelli and Juliana Felisberta Da Silva 2-1 (21-14,18-21, 15-12) in a very entertaining final. Readmore All-American men’s final atthe Berlin smart Grand Slam The FIVB Beach VolleyballWorld Tour Berlin smart Grand Slam will feature an all-American men’s final,with both teams coming from qualification. Tri Bourne and John Hyden defeatedBrazil’s Emanuel Rego and Pedro Solberg Salgado 2-0 (21-16, 21-13) in the firstsemifinal and Ryan Doherty and Nick Lucena booked a 2-1 win (15-21, 21-18,15-11) over another Brazilian team, Bruno Oscar Schmidt and Alison Cerutti. Readmore The gold medal teams of the FIVB Berlin smart Grandslam each earned $57,000, the silver $43,000, the bronze $32,000 and fourthplace $24,000. Berlin hosted a World Tourevent for the 15th time for men and the 9th time for women. After two years atthe Olympic Park, the Berlin smart Grand Slam moved back to the city centre. The centre court and thesecond court were erected at the Washingtonplatz in front of the central trainstation and another three courts were set up at the Beach Mitte beach club, 15minutes down the road. The Berlin smart Grand Slamwas the seventh event of the 2014 FIVB World Tour as well as the third of tendouble-gender FIVB Grand Slam tournaments currently on the 2014 calendar. Next stop on the World Tour is the Stavanger GrandSlam (June 24-28). FIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam Tournament PageFIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam women’s resultsFIVB Berlinsmart Grand Slam mens’ resultsFIVB WorldTour Twitter Account Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News