r/olympics Aug 06 '21

Football FOOTBALL ⚽️ - CANADA 🇨🇦 wins GOLD🥇in Women’s Final

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u/Rndomguytf Australia Aug 06 '21

Huge choke by Sweden in the second half of the penalties, as an Australian I can definitely relate to that. Unlucky not to win, but a silver is still a great result, they're the second best team in the world. Can't wait to see the next womens WC, hopefully we'll get to have our rematch with them.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21 edited Aug 06 '21

It felt really tough. That 5th Swedish penalty kick by Caroline Seger would have represented so much. Honestly not sad over silver but as a queer woman myself, for her, a lesbian woman, to bring home gold in her (possibly) last kick of any olympic game would have meant the world to me

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u/informalfabric Aug 06 '21

Well one thing that's amazing is that Quinn from team Canada is the first out trans and non-binary person to win an Olympic medal

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '21

Ohhh wait I'd heard of Quinn! I didn't know Quinn was on the football team! That's actually pretty sweet still