SINGAPORE: Before the heavens opened to unleash a torrent on Sunday afternoon, Thailand let loose a red and blue storm of their own on Kazakhstan at the Asian Youth Games beach volleyball competition.

Both the boys' and girls' finals at Sentosa's Siloso Beach pitted Thais against Kazakhs, and the Southeast Asian nation took gold in both categories with dominating performances that won the crowd over.

Kitted out in red tops, the Thai girls' Aunchalee Yunsuwan and Prateep Kambut triumphed 21-14, 21-12 over Bakhtygul Samalikova and Lyubov Bogatu, who seemed cowered by their opponents' war-cries, which came after each point won.

Thosapol Puangprasert and Warut Prasanok, who wore blue, also won the boys final in two sets, 21-19, 21-10 over Vladislav Pustynnikov and Sergey Bogatu.

The Thai proved too tricky at the net, alternating between intelligent dinks and lobs, and powerful spikes.

Said Thai girls' gold medallist Prateep: "Our target was to make the final, that's why we were very tense in the semi-finals, but just now in the final, we were very relaxed and enjoyed it."

Chinese duo Chen Chunxia and Lu Yuanyuan took the girls' bronze, while Indonesia's Gede Eka Augustiawan and Ade Chandra Rachmawan bagged the bronze in the boys' division. - TODAY