Canada defeats Mexico to qualify for Olympics
It was a cup half full for Canadian rugby on a charged Sunday at Starlight Stadium in Langford. The national women’s sevens team qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympic Games by winning their North American and Caribbean qualifying tournament while it was a dream deferred for the Canadian men.
Since it was pretty much a foregone conclusion Canada would earn the Olympic berth, because the American women are pre-qualified for the Paris Olympics by placing third in this season’s World Series standings, the Canadians worried about their own performance against the regional minnow opponents.The flair with the way Canada did it, with smart and sharp rugby, was as the story of the weekend.
The Canadian men, meanwhile, were beaten 24-14 in the men’s final as the Americans stamped their passage to the Olympics next summer. The swift American star Perry Baker, on his way to a try against Canada, looked to the raucous Canadian crowd and put his finger to his lips in the international symbol for “hush” as he raced past the grandstand to score a try. He might as well have kept running to Paris because that’s where the Americans are headed.
“What’s done is done. It’s time to move forward. It’s not over. We are a resilient team. This will do nothing but motivate us.”
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