BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Australia’s top female beach volleyball combination, Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy, continue to impress with another top four finish at a World Tour event.
Bawden and Clancy finished fourth, after a loss to Germany's Laura Ludwig and Kira Walkenhorst in the bronze medal match at Long Beach Grand Slam in California, 21-17, 21-13.
The Australians are currently sitting fifth on the Olympic qualification table, with the top 15 as at June next year automatically qualifying for Rio.
Bawden and Clancy came together after the 2012 London Olympics, and after solid but unspectacular 2013 and 2014 seasons, have become one of the world’s most consistent teams this year.
They finished fifth at this year’s World Championships, losing to the eventual silver medalists.
Their best performance this year was a bronze medal at the Porec Grand Slam, but they have had an additional four top five finishes before this weekend.
ROSS SOLLY FOR VOLLEYBALL AUSTRALIA
