PARIS — sa国际传媒 opened its Olympic women's rugby sevens campaign with mixed results in Paris on Sunday, taking a win and a loss.
Keyara Wardles scored the decisive try in sa国际传媒's first game, a 17-14 win over Fiji.
Florence Symonds and Charity Williams also touched, and Chloe Daniels was 1 for 3 on conversions.
The seventh-ranked Canadians had a 12-0 lead going into halftime, but No. 6 Fiji pushed in the second and added a try in extra time.
Later, top-ranked New Zealand routed sa国际传媒 33-7.
Williams had the lone try of the game for sa国际传媒 and Asia Hogan-Rochester added the two extra points.
New Zealand finished the first day of competition atop Pool A with four points. China, the tournament's 12th seed, sat in second, tied with sa国际传媒 on points at four. Fiji was fourth with two points.
sa国际传媒 closes out pool play against China on Monday.
The top two teams from each of the three pools and the best two teams that placed third in their pools will go through to the tournament's quarterfinals on Tuesday. The medal games are scheduled for Tuesday night.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 28, 2024.
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