Walsh Jennings is going for her fourth straight Olympic gold medal, and Ross won silver in London in 2012.
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No. 1 ranked Larissa Franca and Talita Antunes of Brazil will face Germany’s Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in the other semifinal.
The match started out strongly for the Americans, who capitalized on several unforced errors to jump to an early lead. Heidrich and Zumkehr were able to get back within a point, but were unable to get back in it completely. Walsh Jennings then blocked a spike to win the point.
The clip below shows Klay Thompson, Draymond Green, Kevin Durant, DeMarcus Cousins, Paul George and DeAndre Jordan getting loose on Copacabana beach with some unidentified fellow sun-worshippers.
True, the Italians led in each set, but the Americans rallied to put them away 21-10, 21-16 in just 35 minutes.
What Michael Phelps has been to U.S. Olympic swimming, Walsh Jennings has been to beach volleyball, proving it’s never too late to add to your legacy.
Brazil and Sweden meet at the Maracana in a women’s semifinal. “The program doesn’t have the history that the American and Brazilian programs have”.
Walsh Jennings has competed in both bikinis and long sleeves both in Rio and in many Olympics past-and Doaa Elghobashy, a practicing Muslim and member of Egypt’s women’s beach volleyball Olympic team, drew significant attention this year for competing in leggings, a long-sleeved shirt, and a hijab. That made it an early night of sorts for the fans who came out to watch the three-time gold medalist play at midnight.
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It was Jennings’s 38th birthday. Barbara is an excellent server of the ball, hitting a hard-struck, flat serve with no spin that can knuckle, dip and swerve. But, I can tell you from the things I’ve seen about her, and the things I’ve heard her say, she is just a wonderful role model. “We respect Agatha and Barbara so much”.
