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BEACH volleyball golden girl Mariafe Artacho del Solar made an emotional return home to the northern beaches and all but secured her spot in the Australian Commonwealth Games team after another dominant performance the World Tour event at Manly Beach on the weekend.

She and partner Taliqua Clancy, the Aussie “Smooth Operators”, defeated China’s Fan Wang and Xinyi Xia in straight sets in Sunday’s women’s final to take the gold medals.

It was their fourth international tournament win in a row and in that time have dropped just one set.