Tokyo beach volleyball gold medalist Alix Klineman will follow partner April Ross into retirement [Video]

FILE – April Ross, bottom left, of the United States, and teammate Alix Klineman, bottom right, celebrate after winning a women’s beach volleyball gold medal match against Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 6, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File) (Felipe Dana, Copyright 2021 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

Tokyo Olympic beach volleyball gold medalist Alix Klineman announced on social media on Monday she is retiring from the sport, about three weeks after her “A-Team” partner April Ross said she is moving on.

They will play their final event together at the AVP League championship in Carson, California.

Ross, 42, led Southern California to back-to-back NCAA championships in indoor volleyball before switching to the beach. She won a silver medal at the London Games, bronze in Rio and gold with Klineman in Tokyo. She had a son last year and was married in September.

“It is with a very fulfilled and grateful heart, and also some tears, that I am announcing my retirement,” Ross posted on Instagram …