Kerri Walsh Jennings‘ 55th career international tournament title was among the most special. It marked her first in nearly three years (her longest drought), and the first ever for her new partner, Brooke Sweat.
“It’s been so long,” Walsh Jennings said after the Americans doused Australians Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy 21-17, 21-19 in Sunday’s final of a four-star event in Jinjiang, China.
For Walsh Jennings, a 40-year-old mother of three and triple Olympic champion, and the Rio Olympian Sweat, it means they are closer to, if not in the driver’s seat for one of two U.