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Donna Spencer Canada's Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes, fom left, celebrate after winning women's gold medal match against Brazil's team at the Beach Volley Worldtour Major Series, in Vienna, Austria on August 4, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ronald Zak April 13, 2021 - 1:46 PM CALGARY - Canada's world champions in beach volleyball are amping up preparations for the Summer Olympics coming over the horizon. The COVID-19 pandemic kept Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., and Toronto's Melissa Humana-Paredes apart and docked from competition for much of 2020. The Can...

The Canadian duo plans to compete in at least five tournaments over the next two months starting Thursday in Cancun, Mexico. The world governing body of volleyball, FIVB, created a hub of three straight World Tour events in Cancun to afford teams the chance to qualify for the Tokyo Summer Games opening July 23. Pavan and Humana-Paredes booked their Tokyo berth when they won the women's world title in 2019. The upcoming tournaments, however, are crucial game reps for a duo that's short on them. "I think Cancun will be a real test for us against every team because it is such a lengthy event, t...