Americans Phil Dalhausser and Todd Rogers won the Olympic beach volleyball gold medal after defeating Brazil’s Marcio Araujo and Fabio Luiz Magalhaes in 3 sets 21-23 21-17 4-15.

“I’m on cloud nine. This is the best feeling I’ve ever had. It’s unbelievable,” Dalhausser said.

Despite the pressure Dalhausser and Rogers were able to stay cool, calm and collected during their final sets.

“I just went up to Phil at the end of the second set and said hey let’s have fun,” said Rogers. “So Phil went out and had fun and I became a great cheerleader, just brought along the pom-poms, did a little cheer and let him do it.”