Lauren Fendrick and Brooke Sweat (USA) are today’s featured team in the Rio 2016 photo series. They are in Pool A of the women’s beach volleyball preliminary rounds at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Fendrick and Sweat are currently 0-2 in their pool.  Their final match in pool play is August 11 at 11:30 PDT against Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Ukolova (Russia) who are also 0-2.  Visit NBC Sports for local time.

Rio 2016 is a photo series of the top beach volleyball teams competing in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. In 2013, the FIVB returned to U.S. soil for the first time in 10 years. I have been fortunate enough to attend the Long Beach, CA event for the past three years and watch the best beach volleyball players in the world.

Images are from the 2013 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam, 2014 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam and 2015 FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam.

For more images of Lauren Fendrick, visit http://photos.sos-photography.net/keyword/lauren%20fendrick

For more images of Brooke Sweat, visit http://photos.sos-photography.net/keyword/brooke%20sweat