Brazil beats Canada to win gold in women's beach volleyball

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PARIS -- Brazil's Ana Patricia Ramos and Duda Lisboa beat Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson 2-1 to win the Olympic women's beach volleyball gold at the iconic venue in front of the Eiffel Tower on Friday.

In the bronze medal match, Switzerland's Tanja Huberli and Nina Brunner beat Australia's silver medalists from Tokyo, Mariafe Artacho del Solar and Tali