Youth served as Norwegians set the stage
Norway’s kids are alright.
Staring down some of the biggest names in men’s volleyball, 24-year-old Anders Mol and 25-year-old Christian Sorum didn’t blink and claimed gold in surprise fashion.
Not on account of talent or wherewithal, mind you, but considering their start of pool play, which wasn’t a good barometer for most of the field if we’re being honest.
Mol and Sorum worked hard to beat the last-place Australian duo in their opener, then fell to Russian Olympic Committee duo Konstantin Semenov and Ilya Leshukov 2-0 in the pool finale.
They wouldn’t lose the rest of the way, sweeping aside Semenov and Leshukov in a quarterfinal rematch before beating the other ROC team of Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy.
Speaking of Krasilnikov, he was the only repeat medalist from 2016 and, in fact, the only repeat semifinalist.
Neither Brazil’s Alison nor Bruno Schmidt made the semifinals with their new partners after splitting since Rio, and both American teams were bounced in the Round of 16.
Even Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan of Qatar, so dominant for much of the tournament en route to bronze, threw up a stinker in falling at the semifinal step.
Maybe the tender ages of Mol and Sorum will allow for something more predictable come Paris 2024. But do we hope so?
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