Pavan, Humana-Paredes reach podium again on beach volleyball World Tour
Canadian duo takes bronze a week after gold-medal performance
Canada's Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes continued their strong season by defeating Anouk Verge-Depre and Joana Heidrich of host Switzerland to take bronze at the FIVB beach volleyball World Tour event in Gstaad on Saturday.
The Canadians won the match 21-15, 21-12 to reach the podium for the second-straight week.Â
🙌🙌🙌 <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/SorryNotSorry?src=hash">#SorryNotSorry</a>! <a href="https://twitter.com/SarahPavan">@SarahPavan</a> claims the opening set with an amazing block! <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/GstaadMajor?src=hash">#GstaadMajor</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/BeachVolleyball?src=hash">#BeachVolleyball</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/VBallCanada">@VBallCanada</a> <a href="https://t.co/uKCWhvj6Bw">pic.twitter.com/uKCWhvj6Bw</a>
—@FIVBBeachThe Canadian duo, who are playing their first full season together, won gold last week in Croatia. It was the first victory for Pavan and Humana-Paredes and neither had previously recorded a victory on the Tour.
4 Final 4's and 3 medals in our first 5 events together. I can't wait to see where our team can go 😬 But first.... home for a bit 💜 <a href="https://t.co/IHavjuUUpF">https://t.co/IHavjuUUpF</a>
—@SarahPavanPavan, 30, and Humana-Paredes, 24, also claimed silver earlier this season when they were defeated by the Brazilian side in Rio in May.Â