{"id":111958,"date":"2021-08-05T02:45:43","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T02:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=111958"},"modified":"2021-08-05T07:59:43","modified_gmt":"2021-08-05T07:59:43","slug":"proud-aussies-surge-into-gold-medal-match","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=111958","title":{"rendered":"'Proud' Aussies surge into gold medal match"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia will play the United States for the beach volleyball gold medal at the Tokyo Olympics.<\/a><\/p>\n

Australian duo Mariafe Artacho and Taliqua Clancy beat Latvia 23-21, 21-13 today to clinch at least a silver. Latvia's Tina Graudina and Anastasija Kravcenoka will play for the bronze against Switzerland, which lost to the Americans in the earlier semifinal.<\/p>\n

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"We always knew that we were going to be in this position and it was awesome for us to know that we took another step forward today," Clancy said after the match.<\/p>\n

\"Mariafe<\/p>\n

"We stayed patient because there was a patch where I don't we wanted to be, but we stayed strong and came out really strong after the technical timeout during the second set and show that's our game.<\/p>\n

"I'm so proud of Mariafe and our team whole team, and now it's one more step."<\/p>\n

Australia was an early Olympic beach volleyball power, when Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst claimed a bronze medal in Atlanta and gold at Bondi Beach in Sydney.<\/p>\n

But they haven't reached the podium since.<\/p>\n

\"25<\/p>\n

"They (Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst) have kept in touch and they're so great. They are really one of our biggest cheerleaders and they saw that fire and that ability and that gold in us," Clancy added.<\/p>\n

"We're so grateful for their time."<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the American 'A-Team' has advanced to the gold medal match after April Ross and Alix Klineman beat Switzerland 21-12, 21-11 at Shiokaze Park.<\/p>\n

It will be the third medal for Ross, who won silver in London and bronze in Rio de Janeiro. Klineman is a first-time Olympian.<\/p>\n

The Americans never trailed in the first set. They lost the first point of the second before rolling off three straight points to take a lead they never relinquished.<\/p>\n

\"April<\/p>\n

The victory also assures the United States of a beach volleyball medal for the seventh straight Summer Games. That's every one of them since the sport was added to the program in Atlanta in 1996.<\/p>\n

Only Brazil had achieved the same success – until now. It has been shut out in Tokyo for the first time, with none of its teams reaching the semifinals.<\/p>\n

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