Kerri Walsh Jennings, eyeing a sixth Olympics at age 42, and new partner Brooke Sweat must rally past another U.S. team in the last qualifying event next week to make it to Tokyo.
Countrywomen Kelly Claes and Sarah Sponcil reached the final of the penultimate qualifier in Sochi, Russia, on Saturday, passing Walsh Jennings and Sweat in the race for the second and final U.S. Olympic women’s beach volleyball spot.
Now Walsh Jennings and Sweat must make the semifinals of the qualifying finale in Ostrava, Czech Republic, next week to have any shot at Tokyo.