A Canadian athlete three\u002Dpeating as the winner of an individual event at the Olympics? If Rosie MacLennan can pull that off, it would indeed be … wait for it ……
MacLennan, in fact, made history by successfully defending her trampoline title in Rio in 2016, becoming the first Canadian to go back-to-back in the same solo showdown at the Summer Games. “It’s something that is obviously talked about but for me, it’s not something that comes to the front of my mind,” MacLennan insisted after her final prep for Friday’s competition. “I’m one of 16 girls who is going out with an opportunity to show what we’re capable of.
“There are only 16 athletes — 16 women, 16 men — that get to compete, so even getting here is really tough and really challenging and in many ways, a lot has to go right,” she stressed. “Like the other Games that I’ve had the opportunity to compete at, I’m really grateful for the opportunity to just represent Canada in a sport that I love and be one of the 16 women that gets the opportunity to show the world what we’re capable of and what we have been working on.
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