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Canada claims silver medal in women’s beach volleyball

Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson are the 1st Canadian women’s beach volleyball team to reach Olympic podium
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Canada’s Brandie Wilkerson (left) and Melissa Humana-Paredes celebrate with fans after defeating Spain’s Tania Moreno Matveeva and Daniela Alvarez Mendoza during beach volleyball quarterfinal action at the Summer Olympics, Wednesday, August 7, 2024 in Paris. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld

Canadian beach volleyball players Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will settle for silver at the Paris Games.

They dropped a 2-1 (26-24, 12-21, 15-10) decision to Brazil’s Ana Patricia Ramos and Eduarda Santos (Duda) Lisboa in Friday’s final at Eiffel Tower Stadium.

It’s the first time a Canadian women’s team has reached the Olympic podium in the sport.

Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, both from Toronto, lost two of three matches in pool play and won a lucky-loser match just to reach the round of 16.

They shared a fifth-place finish with different partners at the Tokyo Games in 2021.

Canada’s only other Olympic beach volleyball medal came in 1996 when Mark Heese and John Child won men’s bronze in Atlanta.

The Canadian Press

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