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Kerri Walsh Jennings And April Ross Return From Olympic Bronze To Win Grand Slam Gold

By Associated Press | Aug. 28, 2016, 11:44 p.m. (ET)

Kerri Walsh Jennings (L) and April Ross celebrate winning the gold medal at the FIVB Long Beach Grand Slam on Aug. 28, 2016 in Long Beach, Calif.


LONG BEACH, Calif. -- Kerri Walsh Jennings and April Ross rebounded from a third-place finish in the Olympics to win the Long Beach Grand Slam on Sunday.

The top-seeded Americans beat Spain's Liliana Fernandez and Elsa Baquerizo 21-16, 21-16 in the ASICS World Series of Beach Volleyball's regular-season finale.

Brazil's Evandro Goncalves and Pedro Solberg won the men's title, topping Americans Phil Dalhausser and Nick Lucena 21-19, 17-21, 15-9.

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