Yokohama. Julia Grosso scored from 11 steps and Canada won its first Olympic gold in women’s soccer, defeating Sweden 3-2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw in organizational time.
It’s the first gold medal for the Maple Leaf team, which previously held bronze at London 2012 and Rio five years ago.
On their way to winning their first title of the tournament, the Europeans returned to the second tier of the podium after losing to Germany in 2016.
Similarly, Quinn, a soccer player for the Canadian national team, became the first transgender, non-binary athlete to win an Olympic medal.
The 25-year-old midfielder, who started at the start of the first half and was later replaced at the end of the first half, has a long career with the Canadian team, with whom she made her debut in 2014 and won the bronze medal at Rio 2016, even though she was like that. Only recently released.Announcing Transgender in 2020.
“I don’t know how to feel. I am proud to see the word ‘Queen’ on the list and on my accreditation. But it saddens me to know that there are Olympic athletes before me who couldn’t live their reality around the world,” the player posted on social networks while participating in this summer show. .
“There are transgender girls who are banned from sports, and transgender women who are being discriminated against and prejudiced while trying to achieve their Olympic dreams,” she said.
The player’s status – Tokyo 2020’s transgender pioneer – came at the same time as New Zealand weightlifter Laurel Hubbard.
After the tie, the match moved to extra time, where there was a lot of tension and noticeable fatigue in all the players. In the absence of goals in the extension, the Olympic champion had to decide with eleven steps.
In that definition, for Canada, Fleming, Dean Rose and Julia Grosso shifted, while Ashley Lawrence and Adriana Lyon’s shots were saved, and Vanessa Gill lost her shot. The Scandinavians were more skewed: only Natalie Björn and Olivia Shaw scored, wronged Aslani and captain Caroline Seeger, who was able to score the title goal, while Anna Unvegaard and Jonah Anderson’s shots were stopped.
