The top current Olympian outside of basketball players besides Phelps, Misty May-Treanor, is known by 33% of the public.

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And Wednesday night saw the sport bid adieu to one of the greatest duos in its history: the U.S. team of Kerri Walsh Jennings, and Misty May-Treanor.

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Americans Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings, the undisputed royalty of Olympic beach volleyball after dominating the 2004 and 2008 Games, edged out their Chinese competitors Tuesday afternoon to advance to Wednesday's final, which will be their last game together.

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