LONG-TIME friends Nicole Laird and Maria Fe Artacho del Solar will realise their Olympic dreams on the sands of Copacabana beach in Rio.
The pair confirmed their place last Sunday as Australia’s second female beach volleyball team for next month’s Games with a win over Vanuatu at the Asian Continental Cup in Cairns.
The north shore duo, who have played together since they were teenagers at Killara High School, moved to Adelaide where National Beach Volleyball program is based when they were 18 to pursue their dreams.
