United States, GOLD Medal in Men’s Beach

Volleyball at the Junior Pan American Games

ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay, August 22, 2025. The United States won the gold medal in men’s beach volleyball at the II Junior Pan American Games Asunción 2025, by defeating Brazil in the final this Friday at the Pynandí Stadium of the Paraguayan Olympic Committee.

The United States, with Gage Basey and Thomas Hurst, won the gold medal by defeating Isac Farias and José Jonathan Heleno de Menezes of Brazil 2 sets to 1. The Americans comfortably won the first set (21-11), the Brazilians recovered in the second set (21-16), leaving everything to the tie-break, in which the Stars and Stripes took the victory 15-7.

With the title achieved, the United States secured their qualification for the Pan American Games Lima 2027. Brazil also qualified, since the tournament awarded two tickets to the event: the first to the champion, and the second to the best-ranked team of the Confederation that did not win the title.

The bronze medal match was quite exciting. Enyenser Delgado and Juliangel Zaid of Venezuela came from behind to defeat Argentina’s Marcos Ezequiel González and Fausto Inostroza 2 sets to 1 (13-21, 21-16, 15-10) and thus take third place in the tournament and step onto the podium.

In the match for 5th place: Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes CUB def. David Chaput/Cameron McGregor CAN 2-1 (17-21, 21-10, 15-13); for 7th place: Mikhail Cuadrado/Luciano Fernández URU def. Yoel Guardado/Christopher Guardado ESA 2-1 (21-14, 15-21, 16-14); for 9th place: Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela CRC def. Ramón De Jesús Goris/Rolvin Maldonado DOM 2-0 (21-15, 21-15); and for 11th place: Martin Etcheberry/Fernando Quintero CHI def. Juanangel Gómez/Camilo Vargas PAR 2-0 (21-15, 21-18).

Final Ranking 

1.     Gage Basey/Thomas Hurst USA

2.     Isac Farias/José Jonathan Heleno de Menezes BRA

3.     Enyenser Delgado/Juliangel Zaid VEN

4.     Marcos Ezequiel González/Fausto Inostroza ARG

5.     Damián Gómez/Eblis Veranes CUB

6.     David Chaput/Cameron McGregor CAN

7.     Mikhail Cuadrado/Luciano Fernández URU

8.     Yoel Guardado/Christopher Guardado ESA

9.     Julián Araya/Jhostin Varela CRC

10.  Ramón De Jesús Goris/Rolvin Maldonado DOM

11.  Martin Etcheberry/Fernando Quintero CHI

12.  Juanangel Gómez/Camilo Vargas PAR

13.  José Bowen/Isaac Jiménez ECU

14.  David Durán/Julio Velarde BOL

15.  Deyner López/Jesy Umaña NCA

16.  Julian Bristol/Clerique Ward SKN