While their female counterparts had to fight for their gold medal Thursday in wet sand and smog-stained rain, the U.S. men's beachvolleyballteam had sunny weather.
The U.S. men's beachvolleyballteam defended the honor of their gender by winning gold to match the American women, but the U.S. baseball team was trounced by Cuba in the semifinal.
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.