Welcome back to Beach Access, presented by SHIELD, where Travis Mewhirter breaks down all things Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. This week, he's chatting the recent Rio Elite, where:

- Carol established herself as Brazil's new resident queen

- Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan won a career-high third gold medal in a final dubbed "a win for the people"

- Cuba's dismantling of Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum

- The problems plaguing Andy Benesh and Miles Partain, and Chaim Schalk and James Shaw

- Kelly Cheng and Molly Shaw, and Terese Cannon and Megan Kraft playing excellent ball late in the season

And a wholeeeee lot more

SHOOTS!

Full recap here: https://sandcastvolleyball.com/carol-salgado-the-queen-of-brazil-rio-elite-recap/

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