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You can't come into a Commonwealth Games with much more momentum than Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar.

The two only came together as a team on the beach volleyball court last October, and have since been undefeated on both the Asian Tour and the FIVB World Tour.

Now they will look to keep that run going all the way into winning gold at the sport's inaugural Commonwealth Games appearance.