The Canadian women’s beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium on Thursday. After dropping the opener, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson saved a match ball against Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner in the second set before forcing a...
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Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson ousted from Brazil beach volleyball event by Olympic-hungry Swiss duo | CBC Sports
For the second time this week, a Canadian women’s beach volleyball duo was defeated by a highly motivated Swiss tandem at the Elite16 pro tour event in Brasilia, Brazil. Toronto’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were the latest to fall to Esmee Bobner and Zoe Verge-Depre, dropping a three-set decision (21-18, 23-25, 10-15) on Saturday....