Even before qualifying action for the Paris 2024 Olympics gets rolling on Saturday morning in Langford, two things are clear: the Canadian women are a ...
Canadian men's coach Sean White during practice at B.C. Place in February.Even before qualifying action for the Paris 2024 Olympics gets rolling on Saturday morning in Langford, two things are clear: the Canadian women are a lock to win the single Olympic qualification spot on the line, while on the men’s side either Canada or the U.S. will write their ticket to France a year from now.
The rest of the field will be hard-working, speedy, with plenty of pluck … but they’re just not on the same playing field. “That feels like a year ago,” White said with a laugh. But there is little doubt the late-season success was big for his team’s psyche. They finally found some success after an up and down year, including the most important win they could have outside of qualifying for Paris: keeping themselves on the rugby sevens series, cementing their place as full-time professionals.
The Americans, on the other hand, slumped down the stretch. They started the season well, sitting in the top five after the first two events on the calendar.“It was the most competitive world series we’ve ever seen,” Friday said, flatly.Friday isn’t a fan of where this weekend’s tournament was placed on the calendar.
“In later events, we were reliant on other teams to advance. We want to get away from that. Vancouver was a turning point, but we still needed some help.” “One of the biggest issues this year was we weren’t favourites,” he went on. “It’s something we want to take on. It’s a pressure I’d much prefer to have. We’re in a place where we’ve had a really good buildup.”
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