Australia’s Olympic beach volleyball team will play for gold medal after cruising through to the final with a straight-sets win over Latvia Beach volleyballers Taliqua Clancy & Mariafe Artacho del Solar won semi-final Beat European champions Latvia in straight sets to progress to Olympic final Clancy and del Solar earlier shocked world champions Canada in quarter-final By Andrew Prentice For Daily Mail Australia Published: 02:54 BST, 5 August 2021 | Updated: 03:01 BST, 5 August 2021 Viewcomments Australian beach volleyballers Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy are one match away from Olympic gold medal glory after beating Latvia in their semi-final on Thursday morning. The girls held their nerve to win in straight sets, 23-21, 21-13. 'Australia, they can't do anything wrong right now,' Kerri Pottharst said in commentary. Taliqua Clancy (left) and Mariafe Artacho del Solar celebrate after beating Latvia in their semi-final on Thursday Queensland raised Taliqua Clancy was immense at the net in Australia's semi-final beach volleyball triumph at the Tokyo Games The win guarantees Australia its first major beach volleyball medal since Natalie Cook and Pottharst won at Sydney 2000 on the sand at Bondi. Americans April Ross and Alix Klineman await in the final. MORE TO COME Share or comment on this article: All rights reserved for this news site (dailymail) and under his responsibility