August 10, 2022
Beach volleyballers Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho Del Solar are coming home with a silver medal after a sterling effort at the Birmingham Commonwealth Games.
Clancy and Artacho del Solar defeated duos from Sri Lanka (2-0), Trinidad and Tobago (2-0), Cyprus (2-0), Scotland (2-0) and Vanuatu (2-0) to earn a spot in the Grand Final game against Canada, played on Sunday.
The Aussies had not lost a set during their charge towards the gold medal game while the Canadian pair, Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, had conceded just one against New Zealand in their semi-final clash.
Clancy and Artacho del Solar started strongly in a tight first set in the Grand Final, taking it out 24-22, but went down 21-17 in the second.
Unfortunately for the Aussies, the Canadians finished strongly in the decider, winning 15-12 and giving them a 2-1 victory.
Ironically, Clancy and Artacho del Solar scored a stunning victory over Pavan and Humana-Paredes in a sudden-death quarterfinal clash at the Tokyo Olympics last year, knocking them out of the competition.
Clancy and Artacho del Solar went on to also win silver at the Olympics.
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Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho Del Solar talking to Channel 7’s Sunrise program:
“We probably went away from our processes a bit.”
Beach Volleyball silver medalist’s Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar talk about their Commonwealth Games campaign.@sunriseon7 #B2022 pic.twitter.com/gKuH5E8d9o
— 7Sport (@7Sport) August 7, 2022
