Olympic Roundup: Canada losses a thriller in woman's softball and an update on the group that will march with the maple leaf at the Opening Ceremony.
Monica Abbott pitched a complete-game one-hitter, and the United States beat Canada 1-0 in Fukushima, Japan on Thursday in round-robin play in softball action at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
"Obviously I hit it well, but sometimes that's not good enough because they make a good play,'' Groenewegen said.The Canadians next face Australia on Saturday. Four players remain on Canada's team from a crushing defeat to Australia at the 2008 Beijing Games that prevented Canada from earning a medal.
Competition picks up on Friday, when the Games officially kick off with the opening ceremony at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium. "Due to the Olympic Village arrival rules outlined in the Tokyo 2020 Playbooks, athletes are only arriving in the Village five days before they compete,'' Eric Myles, COC chief sport officer, said in a release."This means that there are less athletes in the Village and that most of them are on the verge of competing.''
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