Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson should be crowned the real queens of Canada after their GOLD MEDAL at home in the Montreal Elite16. They were phenomenal all weekend long, surviving one three-setter after another – against Kelly Cheng and Sara Hughes, Kristen Nuss and Taryn Kloth, Xinyi Xia and Chen Xue, Betsi Flint and Julia Scoles – to win their second gold of the season. On this episode of The Road to Paris, where Travis Mewhirter breaks down the beach volleyball Olympic race, we cover that, as well as:
A huge shoutout to Montreal for delivering an awesome event!
ENJOY!
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Tri Bourne and Travis Mewhirter have a NEW BOOK! Playbook of Champions: The habits, routines, and stories of Olympians, Champions, and world-class athletes. If you listen to the show – which, if you’re reading this, then you are – then this is the perfect book for you, as it is a distillation of the best golden nuggets from our first five years of the podcast. Check it out on Amazon!
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SHOOTS!
Season-opening Mailbag! Why Tri split with Trevor; new beginnings with Chaim; four-man volleyball
The secret’s out! How Carly Kan became Hawaii’s first female AVP Champion
Savvy Simo and Toni Rodriguez: Healthy, rested, rehabbed, and ready for a push to Paris 2024
The Road to Paris: Everything you need to know about the Olympic Qualification Cycle
Jaden Whitmarsh, UCLA’s Ms. Clutch, is back to lead the Bruins in 2023
Sean P. Murray, and how the 1984 Olympic Gold Medalists changed volleyball in America
Christmas Mailbag: Wrapping up the 2022 season, Olympic partnerships, AVP Awards, podcast rivalry
Carly Skjodt has hit the beach full-time, and she’s here to stay
Ed Keller: Beach Volleyball’s Encyclopedic Superfan
PERFECT: Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson ’nail the timing’ of new partnership
Maddison McKibbin, the trailblazer who did it all backwards and carved a new path
’The Brazilian Way’ of beach volleyball, with Leandro Pinheiro and Dan Waineraich
Phil Dalhausser, and The Legend of the Thin Beast
FIVE YEARS OF SANDCAST: 261 episodes in a row, 261 more to come
Tim Brewster, the Chinese Bamboo Tree of the AVP
Molly Turner, taking the hard road in 2022: ’Let’s see if you can do it.’
Theo Brunner, America’s top blocker, is coming into his own
Season-ending Mailbag: How was Phoenix? Olympic partnerships; Maximizing the off-season
Julia Scoles, the Rookie of the Year with ’so much growth’ still to do
Dain Blanton, as ever, is making the most of every opportunity
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