RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) - Kerri Walsh Jennings' hopes of a fourth successive Olympic Games beach volleyball gold were shattered on Tuesday on Rio's iconic Copacabana.
The 38-year-old American and her partner April Ross were defeated 22-20, 21-18 in the semi-finals by Brazil's Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas de Freitas.
In front of a capacity, party-mood crowd, Walsh Jennings was unable to conjure the magic she produced when winning gold in 2004, 2008 and 2012 with former team-mate Misty May-Treanor.
The Brazilian pair will face Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhors, who stunned Brazil's other team of Larisa Maestrini and Talita Rocha 21-18, 21-12.