Monday, April 6, 2015

Olympic updates - AVP Beach Volleyball And Athlete Update

In 2015 all AVP beach finals will be televised by NBC and the NBC Sports Network. There will be 17.5 hours of coverage on NBC's networks. NBC will televise 10 hours while the NBC Sports Network will televise 7.5 hours. Universal Sports will also air the AVP as well. NBC Sports live will stream the finals online. The first AVP Finals televised by NBC will be the New Orleans Open on May 22-24. There are currently 7 stops on the AVP tour in 2015.

The 6 other planned US AVP Tour Stops are:

New York City Open - July 17-19
Seattle Open - Aug. 7-9
Manhattan Beach Open - Aug. 14-16
Chicago Open - Aug. 28-30
Cincinnati Open - Sept. 4-6
AVP Championships at Huntington Beach - Sept. 11-13

Also the AVP will be presenting the FIVB St. Petersburg Grand Slam held from June 15-21.


Athlete Update:

Chinese hurdler Liu Xiang has announced his retirement at age 31. Xiang won gold at the 2004 Athens games in the 110M hurdles. Injuries kept him from medaling at the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games.

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