“We undoubtedly have the very best venue!” Taliqua brags
Taliqua Clancy in assault
An thrilling three-set battle and a unbelievable crowd on the stands adorned the ladies’s seaside volleyball opener of the Paris 2024 Olympic Video games on the Eiffel Tower Stadium on Saturday. In a Pool B match, Tokyo 2020 Olympic silver medallists Taliqua Clancy & Mariafe Artacho Del Photo voltaic of Australia persevered by way of prolonged first and third units in opposition to the pairing of Beijing 2008 Olympic bronze medallist Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi of China to have fun a good 2-1 (22-20, 14-21, 16-14) victory.
Xue & Xia outplayed Clancy & Mariafe in most parts, however what tilted the stability the Australians’ manner was the spiking. Each members of the Aussie crew excelled in delivering the swings in assault at a excessive success price. Mariafe completed with 21 factors and Clancy put away 20, every producing two aces in direction of that depend. Xia delivered a match-high 26 factors, together with 4 aces.
“It was superior to lastly get again on the market. It’s good to get the cobwebs out, for positive. China is such an awesome crew, so it was by no means going to be a simple match,” 1.89m-tall blocker Clancy instructed FIVB after the match. “All people bought their worth’s price. Within the second set, we simply needed to keep affected person, and we nonetheless had belief there, however they’re an awesome crew and it’s the Olympics, so I feel we’ll see that occuring so much in these video games. It was simply good we had been capable of deliver it again, to get again on observe and convey that aggression within the third set.”
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14th-seeded Clancy & Mariafe’s subsequent match is in opposition to second-seeded Taryn Kloth & Kristen Nuss, who mastered a 2-0 (21-17, 21-14) shutout of Canada’s Heather Bansley & Sophie Bukovec in Saturday’s second girls’s sport in Paris. The Aussies and the Individuals are set to lock horns on Monday, at 22:00 native time (20:00 UTC).
“We’ve had actually nice battles with them. They’re an awesome crew to look at, we all know it’s going to be one other sturdy battle and I can’t wait to get again on the market,” Clancy added. “All of the swimming pools are powerful. Yearly the groups simply get stronger and stronger, which is totally unimaginable. So that you undoubtedly have to remain on on a regular basis.”
Regardless of the rain falling over Paris on the opening competitors day, the stadium underneath the enduring Eiffel Tower was stuffed with enthusiastic followers, cheering each groups on and applauding each nice play within the sand.
“The venue is totally unimaginable!” Clancy exclaimed. “Others can’t beat it! I’m very happy to inform all the opposite sports activities that we undoubtedly have the very best venue. And the group was superb as effectively. That’s what units it other than Tokyo, that it’s good to share the expertise with household and pals now, and all of the followers… That’s what the Olympics is all about – bringing folks collectively.”
Implausible atmosphere on the Eiffel Tower Stadium through the Australia v China match
The 32-year-old Australian blocker is in her third Olympic participation. At Rio 2016, she and Louise Bawden reached the quarterfinals. On the earlier Video games in Tokyo three years in the past, Clancy & Mariafe earned a silver medal. Within the absence of the opposite two pairs from that podium, the Aussies are the one Tokyo 2020 medallists competing within the Paris 2024 girls’s event.
“Each Olympic journey is totally totally different. Out of all my three, none have been the identical. It’s good to have that have in our pocket, realizing that we’re the one crew right here among the many medallists from Tokyo. We undoubtedly know what it takes – one sport at a time, one win at a time…”
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