Olympics-Beach volleyball-Norway's Mol and Sorum wins men's gold at Tokyo Games

Tokyo 2020 Olympics - Beach Volleyball - Men - Gold medal match - Norway (Mol A/Sorum C) v Russian Olympic Committee (Krasilnikov/Stoyanovskiy) - Shiokaze Park, Tokyo, Japan - August 7, 2021. Anders Mol of Norway and Christian Sorum of Norway react after winning gold medal match against the Russian Olympic Committee. REUTERS/John Sibley

TOKYO (Reuters) -Christian Sorum and Anders Mol won gold in the men's beach volleyball at the Tokyo Games on Saturday to give Norway its first Olympic medal in the sport.

The Norwegians beat Viacheslav Krasilnikov and Oleg Stoyanovskiy of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team 21-17 21-18 in the final, while Qatar's Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan finished third to take the bronze medal.