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Watch Canada's Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes compete for Olympic gold in beach volleyball

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Click on the video player above beginning at 4:30 p.m. ET to watch live coverage of the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold-medal match at Paris 2024.

Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson will play Brazil's Ana Patricia Silva Ramos and Eduarda Santos Lisboa for the right to be called Olympic champions.

The Toronto duo rallied from one set down to defeat Switzerland's Nina Brunner and Tanja Hueberli in the semifinals at Eiffel Tower Stadium on Thursday.

The result meant that Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson would be the first Canadian women's beach volleyball team to play for an Olympic medal.

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