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Canada's Pavan, Humana-Paredes ousted at Ostrava Elite 16

Sarah Pavan, left, and Melissa Humana-Paredes are shown in this August 2021 file photo. The Canadian beach volleyball duo have been eliminated at the the FIVB Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images - image credit)
Sarah Pavan, left, and Melissa Humana-Paredes are shown in this August 2021 file photo. The Canadian beach volleyball duo have been eliminated at the the FIVB Beach Volleyball Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Ostrava, Czech Republic. (Yuri Cortez/AFP via Getty Images - image credit)

Canadian beach volleyball duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes have been eliminated at the FIVB Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 in Ostrava, Czech Republic.

Pavan and Humana-Paredes (1-2), who are coming off a second-place finish at the AVP Austin Open, finished Pool-C play on Friday with a defeat against Switzerland's Joana Heidrich and Anouk Vergé-Dépré (21-18, 21-19), that followed a victory over American duo Kelley Kolinske and Sara Hughes (22-20) (21-19).

The reigning world champions opened the event with a 21-19,18-21,15-13 loss to Svenja Müller and Cinja Tillmann of Germany on Thursday.

Pavan and Humana-Paredes, who finished fifth at Tokyo 2020, were the lone Canadian team competing in the competition's 16-team main draw on both the women's and men's side—who are battling it out for their share of the $300,000 US prize purse.

The FIVB Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 event in Czech Republic runs through Sunday with the quarter-finals, semifinals and medal matches taking place over the weekend. You can stream the event on CBCSports.ca, as live coverage continues Saturday at 4:00 a.m. ET.

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