Brazilians Eduarda ‘Duda’ Lisboa and Ana Patrícia Ramos, who had defeated the American gold medallists in starting their defence of this title on Thursday (April 27), eventually took bronze in this International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) event in front of their home fans at the Praia Clube.

The Australians were also the opponents Kloth and Nuss faced when they won their second Beach Pro Tour title, at last year’s Kuşadası Challenge.

The US pair have now won four gold medals at the international level, having also won last year’s Coolangatta Futures and the 2023 La Paz Challenge.

"We are absolutely thrilled," Kloth told volleyballworld. 

"We put everything we had to win each of the matches we played this week.

"We had so much fun and played in front of an incredible crowd the entire time.

"We’re obviously on a high right now, but tomorrow we’ll go back and do the same things we’ve been doing.

"We know the Olympic race is going to be really tight and we have to keep getting stronger."

Duda and Ana Patrícia made it to the podium again in the city where they live by beating Americans Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes 21-16, 21-13 in the bronze-medal match.

In the semi-finals Clancy and Mariafe beat Duda and Ana Patrícia 21-16, 25-23, and Kloth and Nuss prevailed in the all-American semi-final against Cheng and Hughes by 21-17, 21-11.

The next event on the 2023 Beach Pro Tour schedule will be the Madrid Futures, which will see the men playing in the Spanish capital from May 11 to 14 and the women competing from May 18 to 21.

The next Elite16 tournament is due to be hosted in Ostrava from May 31 to June 4.