Canada claims silver medal in women's beach volleyball after dropping final to Brazil

Olympics-Beach Volleyball-Brazil beat Canada in thriller to win women’s gold

By Rohith Nair PARIS (Reuters) – Brazil’s Ana Patricia Ramos and Duda Lisboa beat Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson 2-1 to win the Olympic women’s beach volleyball gold at the iconic venue in front of the Eiffel Tower on Friday. In the bronze medal match, Switzerland’s Tanja Huberli and Nina Brunner beat Australia’s silver medallists from Tokyo, Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Taliqua Clancy, in straight sets. With the shim…

Paris Olympics 2024: Brazil beats Canada in thriller to win gold in women’s beach volleyball, Switzerland gets bronze

Brazil’s Ana Patricia and Duda rallied from an 11-5 deficit to take the first-to-21, win-by-two first set 26-24, and Canada won the second 21-12. Brazil opened up a 12-7 lead in the first-to-15 tiebreaker when, after a joust at the net, Wilkerson and Ana Patricia began pointing fingers at each othe

Canada claims silver medal in women’s beach volleyball after dropping final to Brazil

PARIS — 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 mat…

Canada wins 1st-ever women’s beach volleyball medal at Paris 2024

Canadian beach volleyball players Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will settle for silver at the Paris Games after a final score of 2-1 against Brazil.

Beach volleyball: Brazil beat Canada to win women's gold

PARIS: Brazil's Ana Patricia Ramos and Duda Lisboa beat Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson 2-1 to win the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold at the iconic venue in front of the Eiffel Tower on Friday (Aug 9). In the bronze medal match, Switzerland's Tanja Huberli and Nina Brunner beat