{"id":303666,"date":"2021-08-06T13:48:33","date_gmt":"2021-08-06T03:48:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=303666"},"modified":"2021-08-06T16:56:14","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T06:56:14","slug":"aussie-duo-wins-olympic-silver","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/06\/aussie-duo-wins-olympic-silver\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Duo Wins Olympic Silver"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>August 6, 2021<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will stand proud on the podium to collect silver after a courageous performance in the beach volleyball final on Friday morning at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>The Australian duo were up against the experienced United States&#8217; partnership of\u00a0Alix Klineman and April Ross.<\/p>\n<p>It was always going to be a tough battle as the US pair had lost just one set during their Olympics campaign.<\/p>\n<p>And the veteran Ross, 39, has buckets of top-game experience, previously winning bronze at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics and silver at the 2012 London games.<\/p>\n<p>Klineman, 31, has also won multiple gold medals on the world tour over the past three years.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Americans&#8217; serves were outstanding, delivering seven aces across the match to record a straight sets win, 2-0 (21-15, 21-16).<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>However, Clancy and Artacho del Solar tested the Americans, particularly midway through the second set, but luck just didn&#8217;t seem to go their way with points lost by mere centimetres.<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth time the United States has collected a women&#8217;s beach volleyball gold at the Olympics.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time Australia has earned a spot in the final since\u00a0Natalie Cook\u00a0and\u00a0Kerri Pottharst won gold at the 2000 Sydney games; Cook and Pottharst also collected a bronze at the 1996 Atlanta games.<\/p>\n<p>Pottharst, who was commenting for broadcaster Channel 7, praised the Aussies&#8217; performance, calling them &#8220;Queens&#8221; of the sport who had &#8220;cemented their names&#8221; in Australian sporting history.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related articles:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/05\/taliqua-guaranteed-a-medal\/\">Taliqua Guaranteed A Medal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/04\/aussies-into-semi-final\/\">Aussies Into Semi-Final<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/08\/02\/aussies-earn-spot-in-quarterfinal\/\">Aussies Earn Spot In Quarterfinal<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/07\/30\/russian-duo-downs-aussies\/\">Russian Duo Downs Aussies<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/07\/29\/another-win-for-taliqua\/\">Another Win For Taliqua<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2021\/07\/26\/olympic-campaign-starts-well\/\">Olympic Campaign Starts Well<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will stand proud on the podium to collect silver after a courageous performance in the beach volleyball final on Friday morning at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":303668,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3,6],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v19.11 - 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