A year after forming a beach partnership, the Toronto duo of Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson won Canada's first Pan Am Games medal in women's beach volleyball with a silver. They fell to Brazil's Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa in the final. The Canadian women reached the quarterfinals of the Olympic Games two years ago and currently hold a world ranking of No. 5.
A year after the former university indoor volleyball teammates formed a beach partnership, the Toronto duo won Canada's first Pan Am Games medal in women's beach volleyball with a silver Friday.
Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, both 30, reached the quarterfinals of Olympic Games with different partners two years ago in Tokyo. The two women have climbed to a world ranking of No. 5. "I'm just proud and so grateful of what we were able to accomplish this week together and gain more experience together as a team. We made some history for Canada and to play in front of my family is always really special. And I didn't ever think I'd have the opportunity to do it here in Chile, of all places, and have my Chilean family watch me for the first time."
"Multi-sport games, they definitely push you to your limits," Humana-Paredes said."I think it's important that we have this experience together and we come out of this stronger, we come out of this closer, we come out of this with a lot of learnings.
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