Canada won two medals and the women's soccer team kept its tournament hopes alive with a dramatic 2-1 win over France.
PARIS — Fencer Eleanor Harvey added to Canada's medal haul while the tested Canadian women's soccer team staged an epic comeback on Sunday at the Paris Olympics.
Harvey advanced to the semifinals in a dramatic match that saw opponent Italian Martina Favaretto fall to her knees after the final blow, narrowly winning 15-14 after trailing 10-4 midway through the second frame. Vanessa Gilles scored in the 12th minute of injury time to help Canada complete the comeback in the must-win game.
Before the match, head coach Bev Priestman offered her first public comments since being sent home from Paris and suspended by FIFA for a year, releasing a statement issued by her lawyers. Sport Minister Carla Qualtrough, as well as fans in Paris, are calling the scandal an embarrassment to the athletes.
After most of Saturday's tennis matches were rescheduled by a day due to the rain, Canada's players were off to a sunny start on Sunday.
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