Logan Webber won three personal championship titles
American men and Czech women harvest the gold of the "beach plane" in Dubai
Shamsa Bint Hasher and Saeed Hareb during the coronation of the winners.
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The two teams, the American men's and the Czech women's, won the gold of the "Dubai World Tour of Beach Volleyball Professionals", hosted by Dubai on Kite Beach, under the supervision of the International Federation, with the support of the Dubai Sports Council, and in cooperation with the UAE Volleyball Federation.
The first three winners were crowned with Sheikha Shamsa bint Hasher Al Maktoum, Secretary General of the Dubai Sports Council Saeed Hareb, Assistant Secretary General Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Secretary General of the Volleyball Association Abdulaziz Al Salman, Brazilian volleyball legend Gilberto Amorai (Jiba), and Lara Maric, President Beach Volleyball World Tour.
This is the first gold for the American men's team in the history of the tournament, as it consisted of Andrew Benish and Miles Bartin, and he defeated the Ukrainian team consisting of Sergey Popov and Edward Reznik in the final 2-0 (21-15, 21-17).
While the Czech women's team, consisting of Barbora Hermanova and Marie Stoklova, won the gold, after defeating the Chinese team consisting of Shenyi Sha and Mimi Lin 2-1 (15-21, 21-18, 15-12).
The Brazilian men's team, consisting of Pedro Solberg and Arthur Diego Lance, won the bronze, and the women's team won the bronze, the American team consisting of Kitty Horton and Julia Scholes.
In terms of individual awards, American Logan Webber won three titles (best scorer, best striker, and best blocking wall), while Spain’s Alejandro Huerta Pastor won the best ball sender, Portugal’s Joao Pedrosa won the best ball receiver, and American Zolani Hodel won the best scorer and attacker titles, Thailand's Rupirashayakorn Kongphopsarutweedy was named best blocker, Canada's Katherine Toney was best sender, and American Diana Kraft was best ball receiver.
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