Jamaica’s beach volleyballers begin campaign to qualify for Los Angeles 2028 Olympic Games

Jamaica’s beach volleyball teams will begin their campaign to qualify for the Olympic Games, in Los Angeles 2028 when they compete at the Norceca Beach Volleyball Continental Tour in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic beginning today and running through through to Friday.

This is the first Norceca tour since the Paris 2024 Olympics.

This represents a new chapter for Jamaica’s Beach Volleyball, one that will take Jamaica’s players to international qualifying

Events, giving them the opportunity to face World-Class talent and gain invaluable experience.

Jamaica’s male team will be represented by Ryck Webb and Mark Blake – both players were recipients of individual awards at the 2023 Cazova Senior Men’s Championship and competed at the 2023 CAC Games.

Jamaica’s female team will be represented by experienced campaigner Petal Smith and newcomer Kristina Lumsden-Miller who was a member of the Jamaica’s history making Senior Women’s Volleyball team, that won the 2023 Cazoca Senior Women’s Championship.

Jamaica made it to the final round of Olympic qualifications in 2016 in the women’s category.

More recently Jamaica’s Beach Volleyball teams competed at the 2023 Central American and Caribbean (CAC) Games in El Salvador.

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