BEIJING — Kerri Walsh celebrated her second straight Olympic gold medal with her husband, Casey Jennings, a fellow beach volleyball pro who failed to qualify for the Beijing Games but made the trip anyway to cheer on his wife.

Misty May-Treanor, Walsh's teammate, hadn't even talked to her husband an hour after their victory, let alone seen him.

"I'd like to see my husband for more than a day," May-Treanor said Thursday after she and Walsh played through a driving rainstorm to beat China and repeat their victory in Athens. "It would be nice to walk in the door and say, 'Honey, what's for dinner,' instead of having to make food for myself."

Walsh and May-Treanor beat Wang Jie and Tian Jia 21-18, 21-18, playing through smog and swelter and a drenching gold medal game that soaked their skimpy uniforms.

The Netherlands has won the gold medal in women's water polo, stunning the United States 9-8 behind seven goals by Danielle de Bruijn. She scored the winner with 26 seconds remaining.The Americans came to Beijing ranked No. 1, and on Thursday night looked as if they might get the gold that eluded them in Sydney and Athens.They had several chances to tie it up in the waning seconds, but Elsie Windes missed an outside shot and Brenda Villa couldn't put home the rebound.De Bruijn scored the first two goals of the game and the Dutch jumped ahead 4-0. She added two more right after halftime to give her country a 7-5 lead. She also scored the last two on power plays.

The U.S. has failed to advance out of the first round of the men's 400-meter relay at the Olympics because of a dropped baton.Anchor Tyson Gay, part of the American team that won the relay at last year's world championships, did not get the baton from third-leg runner Darvis Patton on Thursday night.When Gay reached his hand back for the exchange, he never got a grasp of the baton.Trinidad and Tobago won the heat. Only four of the eight teams managed to make it all the way around the one-lap race without a problem in a light rain.Jamaica won the second heat, with former 100 world record-holder Asafa Powell running the anchor leg. Usain Bolt, who broke the world records in the 100 and 200 while winning those gold medals, was given the night off, but is expected to run in Friday's relay final.