The Comeback: Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes | AVP Beach Volleyball

They say you don’t know what you’ve got ‘til it’s gone. Sometimes… it takes break-up to get a fresh perspective. To forge an AVP championship-ready team in beach volleyball means learning that it’s not what you get right the first time, but what you work at over time until it’s right. This is the story of Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng.
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CREDITS:
Talent: Sara Hughes, Kelly Cheng, Besti Flint, Julia Scoles, Sarah Sponcil, Brittany Hochevar, Summer Ross, Dain Blanton, Kelley Kolinske
Produced/Edited by: The McKibbin Brothers: Riley McKibbin, Maddison McKibbin & Jameson McKibbin
Video Captured by: The McKibbin Brothers, The AVP Beach Volleyball Tour, Josh Nekoba, dFrito Media
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[@lash4682]

Up until maybe the past two years I predominantly watched indoor but now have been tuning into beach as well. This really humanized Kelly Cheng for me. It’s so easy to make judgements about what a person will be like based on how you see them play but I love these series as you get to know more about the players as people too. Great video!

[@TIMMYGRANDE]

this was phenomenal. i've always been curious to see how the AVP would market partnership switches; it's understandable that the players themselves don't want to dine out on the "drama" of it but it's something singular to beach vball and undeniably intriguing.

[@einstein1102]

especially you end up playing against each other a lot on the AVP tour lol

[@mmdestiny3]

@@themckibbinbrothers I still remember the drama after some of Kelly's post Olympic comments about Sponcil and their first match against each other following that lol

[@jinrosemont3132]

World Champs!

[@einstein1102]

Now time to get that olympic gold... your games complement each other well and you can be that US team that wins consistently.

[@irawru]

Such cool insight. These are the stories that keep the fans invested in beach volleyball.

[@throwawayday4444]

McKibbon bros slaying these vids.

[@t20sgrunt36]

Great video AVP. Excited to see them in the olypics. They're a top tier team

[@falacer]

Well done! Followed them for pretty much all of those 103 wins at USC. Team USA is better off having them together again. Fight On!

[@bethovven]

Such a great video... to see what really happens between two partners and their ups and downs, such a great insight... i'lll be rooting for them in their next tournaments... Fight on!

[@dandelossantos89]

❤️🍻👋 Congrats Kelly & Sarah! Goodluck to your future games 😍🍾👋

[@beachvolleyballinc]

Love this insight. And getting some real time insights. The strength of them combined again has been some comeback.

[@ErickRey1]

The Dream Team is Back!!! Fight On!!!

[@AL-sw4dz]

So cute together ❤

[@DogHairRules]

Love this! And they are sooo much fun to watch!

[@carlilloyd3269]

This is such a great story

[@RealJAR]

Great content! ❤❤❤

[@sj1379]

U girls are doing well in Paris!

[@maulialabarre2671]

love it

[@dsorin2035]

Great video, thanks for making it! Now can we have a part two where you interview Kelley Kolinske (who apparently was dumped within four hours although the season was going well), and Sarah Sponcil (Sarah and Kelly had quite a blast before Olympics and there seemed to be some chemistry between them in their insta accounts?)

[@CutiePie-xx8tg]

I was under the impression Sponcil did not want to continue with Jordan as their coach

[@dsorin2035]

@@CutiePie-xx8tg interesting, did she share this somewhere?

[@CutiePie-xx8tg]

@@dsorin2035 sorry I’m not sure, this was soon after they broke up. Could have been another KZbin comment :/

[@eric2892]

Love how Kelly looked for what God wanted for her all along her journey.

[@julietee9341]

This!

[@mariabutera5653]

Kelly sei forte a muro.

[@JoshDelaCrz]

What ever happened to summer Ross?

[@umrobe62]

Injuries, I believe

[@mmdestiny3]

Kelly: "We're all grown up." [revisits the last video where Betsi describes how Kelly broke up with her.] [revisits Kelly's comments after breaking up with Sarah S.] Uhhhh???

[@zippy4green]

What did she say about Sponcil?

[@estherlee7428]

Where is this vid?

[@mmdestiny3]

​@@estherlee7428like I said, literally the last video (The Breakup Sport). If you mean re: Sponcil that was a print interview for I believe Hermosa '22

[@bighitsfootage]

Yeah anyone who uses the term 'grow up' that much is covering up for something they feel bad about