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The Canadian beach volleyball duo of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson fell short in the semifinals of the Montreal Elite16 tournament, losing 21-19, 20-22, 15-7 to Brazil’s Thamela Galil and Victoria Tosta on Sunday.
Wilkerson led Canada with 29 total points, including 20 kills, eight blocks and a serve point. Humana-Paredes added 13 points, with 12 kills and a serve point.
The loss ended their hopes of completing a three-peat, but the Canadians will play Germany’s Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann for the bronze medal later this afternoon.
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Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson won the Montreal titles in 2023 and 2025, with an Olympic silver medal in between.
Canada’s Sam Schachter and Jonathan Pickett pulled off a major upset over world No. 1s Jacob Hölting Nilsson and Elmer Andersson to reach the men’s semifinals at the FIVB Beach Pro Tour event on Saturday.
The 39th-ranked Canadians fell short in the semifinal Sunday morning, losing 2-1 (21-12, 16-21, 16-14) to Brazil’s Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho and André Loyola Stein.
The Ontario duo will play Norway’s Hendrik Mol and Mathias Berntsen in the third-place match.
Watch Canada’s Samuel Schachter and Jonathan Pickett take on André Loyola Stein and Renato Andrew Lima de Carvalho of Brazil in the 2026 World Volleyball Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 Montreal semifinals.
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