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AVP beach volleyball returns, with more events and new teams

FILE - Tri Bourne, of the United States, celebrates after the team's win in a men's beach volleyball match against Switzerland at the 2020 Summer Olympics, July 28, 2021, in Tokyo. The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out. Bourne is back with his old teammate, Trevor Crabb. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

FILE - Kelly Claes, of the United States, competes during a women's beach volleyball match against Canada at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. The AVP is heading back to the beach with a bunch of new teams and a lot more tournaments for them to figure things out. The domestic beach volleyball tour opens this weekend in Austin, Texas, emerging from the pandemic with its longest and most lucrative season in more than a decade. “I’m so thankful that we have so many tournaments, and I’m ready to rock and roll,” said Claes, now Kelly Cheng, this week. “I’m blown away. It’s been hard financially the last few years. I’m so thankful to be able to compete." (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

AVP beach volleyball returns, with more events and new teams