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April Ross completes her medal set as Team USA wins beach volleyball gold
Ross, who won a silver medal in 2012 and bronze in 2016, is the first beach volleyball player to win an Olympic medal with three different partners.
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Olympics Latest: Belarus runner says team forcing departure
Belarus track sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya says her Olympic team officials tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday evening at Haneda Airport in Tokyo.
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Youngest-ever U.S. beach volleyball team dominates second prelim match
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Podcast: Kerri Walsh Jennings, Laurie Hernandez discuss their emotions after not making Olympics
Laurie Hernandez, Kerri Walsh Jennings and Emma Weyant joined On Her Turf to discuss how they each have been experiencing the Tokyo Games.
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This Olympic volleyball duo went undefeated through the Athens and Beijing games. Hereโs what theyโre doing now.
Beach Volleyball is one of the most popular events at the summer Olympics, and part of that reason is because of Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh-Jennings.
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3x Olympic beach champ Walsh Jennings foiled in Tokyo bid
Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach the Olympics for a sixth time when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match in Ostrava, Czech Republic.