Three-time beach volleyball gold medalist Kerri Walsh Jennings was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match on Wednesday in Ostrava, Czech Republic.
The early-round loss to the Netherlands means the US pair could not overtake fellow Americans Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil on the international tour point list. She and Sweat had been in position to qualify for Tokyo during most of the pandemic-extended qualifying period before Claes and Sponcil won an FIVB event in Sochi, Russia, last week — their first international gold medal.
After enduring an Olympic cycle that included three different partners and a sixth shoulder surgery, the greatest to ever take the beach volleyball court will take in the Tokyo Games from the comfort of her California home.
Or will she? Despite not making the Olympic team, Walsh Jennings has also developed a deeper love for the sport, and it starts with her children, whom she describes as little athletes in their own rights. It is again about the pursuit. The year-old mother of three has her sights set on qualifying for the next Games, which would be her sixth Olympic appearance.
Not making it to Tokyo has lit a new fire within Walsh. She gave birth to the couple's first child, Joseph Michael Jennings, in May In February , the volleyball star opened up to CNN about the professional complications that follow the news of a pregnancy, from the loss of sponsors to warnings of physical problems that could impede career ambitions.
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