Unlike on the beach-volleyball court, where a pair of U.S. women has snapped up three of the five gold medals the young Olympic sport has ever awarded, the U.S. women's volleyball team has never won gold.

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After cheering on his compatriots to a narrow victory over Andorra at the raucous temporary beach-volleyball court on Tuesday, Nikos Kolas, the captain of the men's indoor-volleyball team, said he didn't bring any of his worries with him.

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