Australia has had a double beach volley ball success at Indonesia's Yogyakarta Open, with both a men's and women's team taking gold in the tournament.
Nicole Laird and Mariafe Artacho del Solar beat a China pair 2-0, while in the men's, Bo Soderberg and Cole Durant, in just their second tournament together, beat the local Indonesian favourites, also in straight sets, at the Asian Volleyball Confederation event on Sunday.
Another new pairing, 2012 Olympian Becchara Palmer and Queensland's Jordan Mowen, lost the bronze medal play-off against Thailand in three sets.
The Australian wins will serve as a confidence boost ahead of next year's Asian Olympic qualifiers, to be contested in Australia.
Australia's top-ranked female team, Louise Bawden and Taliqua Clancy, are almost guaranteed a start in Rio, leaving the door open for a second Australian team to qualify through the continental play-offs.
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Australia's No.1 men's team, Isaac Kapa and Chris McHugh, are struggling to accrue the points to guarantee an Olympic start, and may have to rely on qualifying through the continental qualifiers.
