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Ross and Klineman dominate the beach for gold; Saturday could be golden day for Team USA

April Ross completes her Olympics medal set with gold. Saturday has potential golds for US in baseball, basketball, golf, water polo and track.

April Ross completes her Olympics medal set with gold. Saturday has potential golds for US in baseball, basketball, golf, water polo and track.

Get to know Alix Klineman and April Ross: 5 facts about the United States’ new top beach volleyball pair

April Ross is an Olympic veteran. Alix Klineman has been waiting for this chance.

For the Tokyo Olympics this summer, For The Win is helping you get to know some of the star Olympians competing on the world’s biggest stage. Leading up to the Opening Ceremony, we’re highlighting 23 athletes in 23 days. Up next up is the duo of Alix Klineman and April Ross.

While much of the attention surrounding the U.S. Women’s Beach Volleyball team will focus on who isn’t there — Keri Walsh Jennings will miss her first summer Olympics of the century  — you should go ahead and get to know what would have been the country’s best medal hope, anyway.

Alix Klineman, 31, and April Ross, 39, finished tied for first in the FIVB provisional Olympic ranking. They’ve been so dominant since teaming up in 2018 that they were able to clinch a spot in the Games by winning a tournament in March to secure one of the United State’s two spots in Tokyo (other squads had to wait until June for their status to be figured out.)

Here are some facts you should know about Ross and Klineman.

READ MORE FROM OUR TOKYO OLYMPICS 23 in 23 SERIES HERE.

15 videos of Olympians, hopefuls resourcefully training while social distancing

The 2020 Olympics have been postponed, but these athletes getting creative with their training at home.

The 2020 Tokyo Olympics were officially postponed in late March for the first time in history because of the global coronavirus pandemic. The Games were pushed back to next summer, but they’ll still be referred to as the 2020 Olympics, not 2021.

Postponing was really the only choice the International Olympic Committee had because, in addition to it not being safe to gather massive groups of people from around the globe during a pandemic, training facilities are closed. With only a few months out from the Games’ original start date, athletes everywhere are unable to train properly

But that’s not stopping them from attempting to train in some capacity. While practicing social distancing and staying at home, several Olympians and Olympic hopefuls are finding incredible and innovative ways to try to stay in shape and practice their respective sports at least a little.

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So we rounded up a bunch of videos showing off their creative workouts, which are really quite amazing.

April Ross, American beach volleyball player, 2-time Olympic medalist

Brooke Raboutou, first American climber to qualify for the Olympics

Climbing will debut at the Olympics in 2021, and the now-19-year-old climber qualified for the Games in 2019.

Ryan Murphy, American swimmer, 3-time Olympic gold medalist

FTW recently spoke with Murphy about other creative ways he’s training and how he’s coping with the Olympics being pushed back a year.

Lolo Jones, American hurdler, 2-time Olympian

Sharon van Rouwendaal, Dutch swimmer, 2016 open-water gold medalist

Max Whitlock, British gymnast, 5-time Olympic medalist

Morgan Hurd, 2017 all-around world champion

Paul Chelimo, American track runner, Olympic silver medalist

Mathias Berntsen, Norwegian beach volleyball player

Fumiyuki Beppu, Japanese cyclist, Olympian

Emma Carr, Canadian softball player

For the first time since the 2008 Games, softball and baseball will be part of the Olympics.

Evita Griskenas, American rhythmic gymnast

Sean McColl, Canadian climber

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Elizabeth Yakhno, Ukrainian artistic swimmer

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