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. The early-round loss to the Netherlands meant the U.S. pair could not overtake fellow Americans Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil on the international tour point list. Two-time Olympic medalist April Ross and Alix Klineman have already clinched a berth in Tokyo, and there is a quota of two teams for each country in each of the women’s and men’s fields. The U.S. men’s berths are still up for grabs.
