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Pavan, Humana-Paredes win gold at Beach Pro Tour volleyball event

Jun 5, 2022 | 2:37 PM

JŪRMALA, Latvia — Canada’s Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes won gold at a Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 volleyball competition Sunday with a 2-1 win over Barbara Seixas de Freitas and Carolina Solberg Salgado of Brazil.

Set scores were 21-19, 20-22, 15-7.

The victory for the Canadians ended a gold-medal drought on the Beach Pro Tour of over two years.

Pavan, of Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto’s Humana-Paredes will next compete at the 2022 Beach Volleyball World Championships, which kick off Friday in Rome.