American Pair Doesn’t Lose a Set On this day, in 2008 defending champions Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh of the United States captured the Beijing Olympic beach volleyball gold medal, the pair defeated China's Tian Jia and Wang Jie. August 21, 2008 Sport: Volleyball Trivia What Are the Five Events That Make Up the Modern Olympic Pentathon? Which Nations Won the Gold, Silver and Bronze Medals the Last Time Baseball Was an Olympic Sport? sports in this article Volleyball tags in this article Fan On This Day SportsEngine