Duda/Ana Patrícia celebrate a point in the final of the Pan American Games in Santiago. – Photo: Alexandre Loureiro/COB

At the start of the evening of this Friday (27), Duda and Ana Patrícia were in the beach volleyball final of the Santiago 2023 Pan American Games and did not give the Canadians a chance. Humana Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson. The Brazilians became undefeated champions of the women’s competition and without losing a single set.

Duda and Ana Patrícia started the decisive match against the Canadian duo Humana Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson with difficulty. Canada’s athletes, who were their country’s flag bearers during the opening ceremony, had a strong first set, but the Brazilian pair took control of the match and recovered, closing the set at 22- 20.

In the second set, although the Canadians continued to play well, Duda and Ana Patrícia used the strength of the 2022 world champion duo and won the decisive points of the set, opening the advantage and closing the partial at 21-18 . win the gold medal.

At the end of the match, Duda and Ana Patricia They talked about the Paris 2024 medal and the Pan campaign: “It’s a dream, isn’t it? We will try to do our best, we still have to qualify to get this medal. I think a medal in big championships like this is already a reason to be proud. So we are really very happy, we are going to bring home, thank God, this wonderful memory of our first Pan American Games.

Brazil returns to the highest place on the women’s beach volleyball podium in Santiago, after a weak participation at the Lima 2019 Games, during which the Brazilian duo formed by Carol Horta and Angêla won the bronze medal.