Canada defeated rival Brazil in straight sets (25-15, 25-18, 25-18) to win its first ever Paralympic medal in sitting volleyball Saturday morning at North Paris Arena.
Canada’s hopes of a gold medal in sitting volleyball came to an end Thursday with a clean sweep loss (25-22, 25-16, 25-18) to China in the semifinals at North Paris Arena.
Canada’s Julie Kozun racked up points for her team, but it wouldn’t be enough to push the Canadians into the gold medal game in women’s sitting volleyball.
An old adage in sports is that your best players need to be your best players, and that was certainly the case for the Canadian women’s volleyball team in their 3-0 victory over host nation Japan Wednesday night at Makuhari Messe Hall.
The Canadian women’s sitting volleyball team gears up to take on Japan in their final match of the preliminaries on Sept. 1. at 8:30 p.m. JST, 7:30 a.m. EST.