Beach Access: Italian Stars Are Born, Norway's Gone GOAT Hunting in Hamburg

SANDCAST: Beach Volleyball with Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter

Welcome back to Beach Access, where Kyle Friend and Travis Mewhirter covered the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Hamburg Elite. They chat about:

- Italians Reka Orsi Toth and Valentina Gottardi winning a shocking gold medal, the first Elite win in Italian women's history

- Norway's Anders Mol and Christian Sorum going GOAT hunting, now one win closer to catching Ricardo and Emanuel for most all time

- What's up with Sweden's David Ahman and Jonatan Hellvig

- Linda Bock, the can't miss new German defender And much more!

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