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Qatar Tribune
06-07-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Younousse & Tijan clinch first Gstaad gold
Qatari Olympic medalists Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan secured their second title in three Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour events this season on Sunday, triumphing at the prestigious Elite tournament held in Gstaad. The Asians topped the podium at the Swiss Alps for the first time in their careers and had by their sides second-placed Swedish Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson and third-placed Dutch Stefan Boermans and Yorick de Groot. This triumph further cements Qatar's standing among the world's top beach volleyball nations and adds to an impressive string of achievements by the duo this season. page 12
Qatar Tribune
03-07-2025
- Sport
- Qatar Tribune
Younousse & Tijan advance at Gstaad Elite16
The Qatari beach volleyball duo of Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan booked their place in the Round of 12 at the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour Gstaad Elite16 in Switzerland on Thursday. They beat Norway's Henrik Nicolai Mol and Mattias Berntsen 21-19, 21-17 in a thrilling Pool C encounter. The victory for the world No. 7 pair follows their opening match triumph against Portugal's Hugo Campos and Joao Pedrosa in a hard-fought three-set battle. The former Olympic bronze medalists will now take on the winners of the clash between the Australian duo Thomas Hodges and Zachery Schubert and Brazil's George Wanderley and Andre Loyola Stein today in the next round of the $150,000 tournament.
