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2 US women’s teams to play for Olympic beach gold

The Columbian
Published: August 6, 2012, 5:00pm

LONDON (AP) — It’s an all-American final in the Olympic women’s beach volleyball tournament.

Shortly after Kerri Walsh Jennings and Misty May-Treanor reached their third consecutive gold medal game, the other U.S. women’s team of April Ross and Jennifer Kessy reached the final by beating top-seeded and reigning world champion Brazil.

Walsh Jennings and May-Treanor beat China 22-20, 22-20. Ross and Kessy beat Juliana and Larissa 15-21, 21-19, 15-12.

The final is Wednesday night.

The Chinese team of Xue Chen and Zhang Xi will play Brazil for the bronze medal.

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