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By Staff The Canadian Press
Posted July 29, 2024 11:04 am
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PARIS – Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson cruised to triumph successful their first formation volleyball lucifer astatine nan Paris Olympics, defeating Paraguay’s Giuliana Poletti and Michelle Valiente Amarilla 2-0 connected Monday.
Set scores were 21-16, 21-12 successful a lucifer that took 42 minutes to complete.
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Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, some from Toronto, entered Paris arsenic nan world No. 3 women’s formation volleyball tandem.
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They are making their Olympic debut arsenic a team. Both competed astatine nan Tokyo Games pinch different partners.
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Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson will adjacent look Switzerland’s Zoe Verge-Depre and Esmee Boebner connected Wednesday.
Also Monday, Heather Bansley of Waterdown, Ont., and Toronto’s Sophie Bukovec fell to 0-2 successful Paris aft a 2-0 nonaccomplishment to China’s Xue Chen and Xia Xinyi. Set scores were 21-15, 21-19.
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