Sarah Pavan is a good friend who happens to be a world-class professional beach volleyball player. In 2019 she and teammate Melissa Humana-Paredes were the world champions. The video is of the semi-final match against Tokyo gold medalists April Ross and Alix Klineman. Very high level volleyball in torrential rain for part of the time. The ball behaves very differently went wet and there were more errors than normal, but also some terrific plays. Melissa injured her left shoulder early in the match, but was able to continue play. Amazing volleyball from the best players. There are video dropouts in the first few minutes, but that's before the match is underway.
The Canadians went on to silver and the Americans bronze the following day.
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Sport are an excellent vehicle for getting people engaged in science. There's also a good deal of serious science involved and some open areas for work.
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