The Women’s Canadian team has solidified their spot in the Olympics.

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The Canadian softball team has named recently named the 15 women that will represent Canada at the Tokyo Olympics.

It has been more than 12 years since softball was played at the Olympics. In 2008 at the Beijing Olympics, they came into 4th place. At the London 2012 Olympics and Rio 2016 Olympics, the sport was not performed.

The team qualified for its Olympic spot after finishing in the top two along with Mexica at the September 2019 Americas qualifier event in Surrey, B.C.

Catcher Kaleigh Rafter said, “There is no greater privilege than to wear Canada across your chest and represent the most amazing country and fans”. For me, this is the last step in a 14-year journey that dates back to 2007,”. “I want to give a big thank you to my family who has supported this dream of mine since the very beginning.”

Another player from the team, Pitcher Sara Groenewegen, from Surrey, B.C., says the team is thrilled to mark its Olympic return.

She also say’s “It takes a village to prepare for the Games, and even though 15 women were named to this roster, there were countless other people involved to prepare us for this moment. We are excited and ready for the chance to make history in Tokyo.”

Canada is currently ranked in third place in the Women’s Softball World Rankings and has won three bronze medals. They won back-to-back bronze in 2016 and 2018 over the last five world champions.

The Olympic softball tournament will be from July 22-July 27 at the Fukushima Azuma Baseball Stadium and the Yokohama Baseball Stadium.

These women have been preparing for this, and they are ready to rock At the Olympics. It will be a feeling of pride to see them play, after not being able to see them represented in years. Good luck to the Canadian Women’s softball team

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