"… To get a gold medal finally just feels so amazing. CHIBA, JAPAN JULY 25: Kelleigh Ryan of Team Canada celebrates after defeating Sera Azuma of Team Japan in Women’s individual Foil first round on day two of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at. "For us to get here and do this, with this kind of competition, just blows my mind and I'm so grateful to everyone who helped us get here," Ross said. Klineman, 31, was making her Olympic debut. She also became the first beach volleyball player to win an Olympic medal with three different teammates. In doing so, the 39-year-old topped Walsh Jennings' record as the oldest woman to ever medal in Olympic beach volleyball. Ross, who won silver with Jen Kessy in 2012 and bronze with Walsh Jennings in 2016, completed her Olympic collection with the elusive gold. Meanwhile, the United States' streak of winning at least one beach volleyball medal - men's or women's - in each Olympics since the sport debuted in 1996 was kept alive. Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings accomplished the feat three times (2004, 2008, 2016). They are the second Team USA women's pair to ever go undefeated at the Olympics. The victory completed a perfect 7-0 run to the top of the podium for Ross and Klineman, who became teammates in 2017 after Klineman made the switch from indoor to beach volleyball. "But I still don't know if I ever really expected this to come true, and it just feels like such a fairytale." "This is what we dreamed of, and this is why we sacrificed so much and worked so hard," Klineman said. Paralympics Open in Tokyo's National Stadium With Acrobats, Fireworks and Parade of Athletes
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