Qatar’s Cherif Younousse and Ahmed Tijan downed Latvia’s Martins Plavins and Edgars Tocs in the men’s beach volleyball bronze medal match, 21-12, 21-18.

The straight sets victory provided Qatar’s first medal in the sport — and eighth overall medal in the history of the Olympics. By those standards, the country has enjoyed overwhelming success at the 2020 Tokyo Games, where they’ve won one gold in weightlifting and another in track and field. 

This final took place during another extremely hot and humid day. After a first-set tie at 8-8, Qatar managed a four-point lead — and, after dropping a point, bounced back with another five-point streak. Younousse and Tijan conquered the set with a blowout nine-point margin.

Cherif and Ahmed played well throughout the tournament. They topped Pool C in the preliminary rounds with three wins and zero losses.