Humana-Paredes had a close look at the Olympic journey from a young age
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“I remember my dad was gone a lot travelling on the world tour, and trying to qualify for the Olympics, and then he was gone for the Olympics,” she said. “He gave my brother and I a map and put pushpins in all the different countries that he was going to be in. Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., the reigning women’s world beach volleyball champions, play their first match at the Tokyo Olympics on July 24 against Katja Stam and Raisa Schoon of the Netherlands.
But the siblings spent a lot of time around beach courts shagging balls for Child and Heese, and liked what Hernan was accomplishing there.
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