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Basketball stars on hand to cheer Walsh-Jennings and Ross on to victory
- Updated: August 15, 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, August 14, 2016 – Kerri Walsh-Jennings and April Ross were given a surprise boost during their Rio de Janeiro 2016 Olympic Games quarterfinal win over Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy when members of the USA’s men’s basketball team visited Copacabana Beach Arena to lend their support.
Kevin Durant, Draymond Green, DeAndre Jordan and Jimmy Butler arrived midway through the first match of the session – Agatha Bednarczuk and Barbara Seixas’ win over Ekaterina Birlova and Evgenia Ukolova – and enthusiastically lent their support from the stands.
It seemed to do the trick as Walsh-Jennings and Ross reached the Rio 2016 semis with a 2-0 (21-14, 21-16) victory over the Australians.
“I didn’t notice them until I heard them cheering in the …
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