Brazil beat the United States in the women’s beach volleyball semifinals and ended the gold medal run of the three-time Olympic champion Kerri Walsh Jennings. The best Walsh Jennings and her partner, April Ross, can do is a bronze when they play Brazil’s other women’s team on Wednesday. Mutaz Essa Barshim of Qatar, who had the leading mark of the season entering the Olympics, took the silver at 2.36. Maya Moore and Diana Taurasi each scored 19 points as the United States won its 47th straight game. The unbeaten United States won, 25-16, 25-23, 25-22, and has dropped just five sets in the tournament.

Source: New York Times August 17, 2016 03:53 UTC