Meet April Ross — Kerri Walsh Jennings's new beach volleyball partner
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April Ross from the US controls the ball
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April Ross (R) and Jennifer Kessy from t
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US April Ross (R) spikes the ball against Ilka Semmler of Germany (C) during the FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships in Rome's Foro Italico on June 17, 2011. AFP PHOTO / Filippo MONTEFORTE (Photo credit should read FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Things looked up this week, though. The three-time Olympic gold medalist (and mother of three) Kerri Walsh Jennings, 34, announced she’d be teaming up with yet another superstar of the sand: former foe April Ross, 31, who nabbed a silver medal in 2012 with then-partner Jennifer Kessy.
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