August 5, 2024
Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have defeated a fancied Brazilian duo to earn a spot in the quarter-finals of the beach volleyball competition at the Paris Olympics.
The Aussies defeated Carolina Solberg Salgado and Bárbara Seixas de Freitas 2-0 (24-22, 21-14) in the hard-fought “Round of 16” game on the Eiffel Tower court on Monday morning.
Seixas de Freitas was a silver medal winner at the 2016 Olympics in Rio.
Taliqua and Mariafe will now take on Zoé Vergé-Dépré and Esmée Böbner, from Switzerland, in the quarter-final on Wednesday.
The Swiss duo defeated a Spanish team on Monday to make it into the quarter-finals, and were undefeated in their Pool matches.
