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CANCÚN, México - April 20, 2021 - Brazil’s
Talita Antunes and Taiana Lima defeated Canada’s
Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes 2-1
(19-21, 24-22, 15-10) for the gold medal at the
FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour 4-star event in
Cancun, Mexico.
A World Tour regular since 2005 and three-time
Olympian, Talita has appeared in 178
international events in her career and has won
gold medals in 13 different seasons with four
partners.
The Canadian team, who are World Champions and
qualified for the Olympics, have won a second
silver in two consecutive tournaments. They were
also second last month in Doha.
Brazil’s Agatha Bednarczuk and Eduarda "Duda"
Lisboa won the bronze over Germany's Chantal
Laboureur and Cinja Tillman 2-0 (37-35, 21-16)
earlier today in Cancun. Canada’s Heather
Bansley and Brandie Wilkerson were fifth.
Norway’s Anders Mol and Christian Sorum won the
men’s tournament over Qatar’s Cherif Samba and
Ahmed Tijan.
This was the first of three events in the
“Cancun Hub” - the second event will follow from
April 22 to 26 and the third from April 28 to
May 2. |
