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Beach Volleyball: Brazilian women spike gold

  • Paris 2024

The teams from Brazil and Canada faced off on Friday 9 August for the Gold, while in the men's category the final, on Saturday will be between Germany and Sweden.

Brazil's Ana Patricia and Duda won gold in beach volleyball, beating the Canadian team of Brandie Wilkerson

volleyball this year.

The height of the net in beach volleyball is the same as in traditional volleyball: 2.24m for women and

2.43m for men.Paris Beach Volleyball arena for the Olympics.

Beach volleyball matches are held outdoors, where wind, sun and rain can affect playing conditions; therefore


Beach volleyball: Women's final Brazil-Canada, and men's Germany-Sweden

  • Volleyball

The teams from Brazil and Canada will face on Friday for the Gold in the women's beach volleyball final

 The Brazilian couple formed by Ana Patricia and Duda will qualify for the final of the beach 

;volleyball of the Olympic Games in Paris-2024, by defeating Thursday in the semi-finals the Australian

IMAGESOn the Canadian side, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson made it through to the beach

 volleyball final with a 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 win over Switzerland's Tanja Hueberli and Nina Brunner

"I think we haven't played our best volleyball yet.


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Twelve

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Canada made history in beach volleyball and pole vaulting, while China dominated artistic swimming.

volleyball historyCanada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson defeated Spain's Daniela Alvarez

volleyball semifinals.

volleyball at the Games.

Canada’s sole Olympic beach volleyball medal came in 1996, when John Child and Mark Heese won bronze

volleyball 🏐 #TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/g1MwM3PIFm— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 7, 2024China


Beach Volleyball: Brazil and Qatar lead the run for the Gold

  • Volleyball

Women's beach volleyball favourites Brazil resolutely ended the Olympic hopes of their Latvian opponents

semi-finals after defeating Team Spain 🇨🇦 This will be Canada's best ever Olympic result in women's beach

volleyball 🏐 #TeamCanada pic.twitter.com/g1MwM3PIFm— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 7, 2024Every

volleyball quarterfinal against USA during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Eiffel Tower Stadium

volleyball were among the highlights of Tuesday's 6 August schedule at the 2024 Paris Olympics.

 Among the matches that have caught the attention were the women's beach volleyball quarter-final


Beach Volleyball: USA takes step towards retaining title

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Spain's men's and women's beach volleyball teams had a good day in the finals that were played throughout

Men's and women's beach volleyball were among the highlights of Tuesday's 6 August schedule at the 2024

 Among the matches that have caught the attention was the women's beach volleyball quarterfinal

nbsp;The Americans became the favourites at -135, while the Swiss were at +100 in the latest Olympic beach

volleyball teams had a good day in the finals that were played throughout this Monday 5 August.

Finally, the Qatari Cherif-Amed played 2-0 against the Chilean Grimalt and Grimald.Paris Beach Volleyball



Paris Olympics athletes crave meat amid low-emissions menu

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The Paris Olympics' eco-friendly catering plans have hit a snag due to athletes' high meat demands. At a June trial run, Games chief Tony Estanguet emphasised cutting the carbon footprint by offering more vegetarian meals, aiming to halve emissions per meal. Michelin-starred chefs were enlisted to assist Sodexo.

GETTY IMAGESCanadian beach volleyball player Sophie Bukovec said, "Some athletes are big meat-eaters.

Britain, have installed portable coolers, while others cope with fans amid high temperatures.Italian beach

volleyball player Marta Menegatti noted, "I suffer in the hot weather, but up until now, I've slept


Snoop Dogg charms crowds while cheering on US beach volleyball

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it again Wednesday dazzling crowds as he cheered on Team USA's Sarah Hughes and Kelly Cheng in the beach

volleyball.

star-spangled T-shirt with "USA" above an image of Kelly Cheng, Snoop Dogg took to the stands in the Beach

Volleyball arena dancing with fans as gold medal hopefuls Cheng and Hughes eventually overcame their


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Five

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Day Five of the Paris 2024 Olympics witnessed a range of historic moments as decorated Olympic athletes were deified with dazzling displays of excellence and numerous debutants burst onto the scene exhibiting extraordinary surprise prowess.

 Snoop Dogg sheltering from the sun while watching a Team United States beach volleyball match at


A trip to the sewers leaves Paris’ outlook unclear

  • Paris 2024

Strolling around the French capital’s singular sewer museum, hidden just a few steps from the Eiffel Tower, one might expect a few chills, be it from underground temperatures or the sight of rodents, as well as some answers regarding the possibility of upcoming Olympic swimming events taking place.

be attentive to the impact of heat when playing sports or engaging in other physical activity; and beach

volleyball at the Eiffel Tower, the BMX freestyle qualifiers at Place de la Concorde, and the women's


Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day Two

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Day Two at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games has seen another round of the world's best athletes battle it out for spots on the podium resulting in numerous teams and individuals written into the history books.

during the opening ceremony Friday returned on Day One to postpone the skateboarding and impede the beach

volleyball.



Paris 2024: Five takeaways from Day One

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With Friday's unprecedented Opening Ceremony officially opening the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, the best athletes from around the globe have begun going head-to-head in an attempt to clinch gold, see their hard work come to fruition, and push their nations up the medal table. 

volleyball, it proved a far cry from past events held in Shiokaze Park during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic

Games or Rio De Janeiro's sunny Copacabana Beach in 2016.

 Instead, the improvised beach volleyball court in an arena logically named the Eiffel Tower Stadium

volleyball nor today's cycling events were called off with many of the athletes competing in the latter

A tough day to be competing in the outdoor events.Spectators during a beach volleyball event at the Eiffel


Olympic beach volleyball dogged by more rain

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The first matches of this spectacular Olympic event took place on Saturday. It rained on the improvised court next to the "Iron Lady". The spectators, who had already been soaked in the stands during the opening ceremony on Friday, took out their umbrellas again. Cuba beat the USA in the first match of the tournament.

crowded the stands of one of the most spectacular venues of the Olympic Games, the improvised beach

volleyball court.

The cyclists got wet during the time trial through Paris, as did the beach volleyball players.The rain

Its schedule was disrupted, but beach volleyball is rarely called off because of rain, only storms.The

GETTY IMAGESBeach volleyball has become one of the most popular events at the Olympic Games since it


Rats (not the animated kind), an unwelcome sight for Paris tourists

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You see them in broad daylight, sniffing about between a couple of parked cars next to a canal or under a bridge with no apparent rush, before lazily squirming into the underworld when realising human eyes have fixated upon their furry bodies and recognisable tails.

 The park behind the Eiffel Tower, where the beach volleyball is set to take place, and the Louvre