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Aussie volleyballers lose gold-medal match

Mariafe Artacho del Solar (pic) and Taliqua Clancy have come up just short in the gold-medal match. (AAP)

Australian beach volleyballers Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar have suffered a straight-sets loss to April Ross and Alix Klineman in their Tokyo Olympics gold-medal match.

United States duo Ross and Klineman prevailed 21-15 21-16 on Friday, capping a dominant tournament in which they only dropped a single set.

Clancy and Artacho del Solar were forced to settle for silver as they collected Australia's first Olympic medal in the sport since Natalie Cook and Kerri Pottharst's unforgettable gold at Sydney 2000.

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