Christian Sorum and Anders Mol won gold in the men's beach volleyball at the Tokyo Games to give Norway their first Olympic medal in the sport.
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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.
The winning point came as a Russian serve got caught in the net, prompting Mol and Sorum to shout in triumph, take off their shirts and raised their fists in victory.
The pair then celebrated with the Norway delegation before the rain started to come down heavily in the Tokyo Bay area, a welcome break from the earlier scorching temperatures at the court.
"We have been working so hard and so long, and it's been so many years," Mol, 24, told reporters.
"Becoming the youngest Olympic champions (in the sport) is really a dream come true."
Earlier on Saturday, Qatar's Younousse and Tijan defeated Latvia's Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs to win their country's first Olympic medal in the sport.
The Qatar duo delivered powerful spikes and relentlessly blocked those of their opponents to win 21-12 21-18.
Australian Associated Press