Kerri Walsh Jennings, the beach volleyball star, is in position to become only the second American woman to win team gold medals at four consecutive Olympics. But during her final preparation for the Rio Games, she opened up about what she considers a more important accomplishment — saving her marriage.
The year after winning a gold medal in the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Walsh Jennings said, she visited Michael Gervais, a noted sports psychologist in Southern California.
“My life was falling apart,” she told USA TODAY Sports, recalling that she was pregnant with her first child and having contractions during the office visit.