With Walsh Jennings out, new generation hits the beach

FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2016, file photo, United States' Kerri Walsh Jennings awaits a serve against Australia during a women's beach volleyball quarterfinal match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The three-time beach volleyball gold medalist was defeated in her bid to reach a sixth Olympics when she and partner Brooke Sweat lost in a qualifying match on Wednesday, June 2, 2021 in Ostrava, Czech Republic (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, March 19, 2008, file photo, Team USA women's volleyball player Alix Klineman receives a serve during a workout in Tianjin, China. Klineman will partner with April Ross at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016 ,file photo, The United States' April Ross passes a ball while playing against Brazil during the women's beach volleyball bronze medal match of the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. April Ross will return to the Tokyo Olympics with Alix Klineman. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez, File)

FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, file photo, Kerri Walsh Jennings sets the ball during the women's Gold medal beach volleyball match between two United States teams at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. For two decades, no one loomed larger in beach volleyball than five-time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings. But when the Summer Games begin in Tokyo this month, she won't be there. The 42-year-old Californian known as “Six Feet of Sunshine” was foiled in her attempt to make a sixth Summer Games. (AP Photo/Dave Martin, File)