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April Ross wants to start family after Rio Olympics, return for Tokyo 2020

Olympic silver medalist beach volleyball player April Ross wants to follow the path of partner Kerri Walsh Jennings, hoping to have a child between Olympic appearances.

“Before Tokyo [2020 Olympics] I would definitely like to have a kid,” said Ross, 32, according to the Daily Pilot in California. “I hope to have one in the first two years after Rio and come back for Tokyo.”

The three-time Olympic champion Walsh Jennings had two children between Beijing 2008 and London 2012 and another in 2013. Walsh Jennings, 36, told the newspaper she wants to have a fourth child after the Rio Olympics, expected to be her fifth and final Olympics.