No one is looking across the Pacific just yet. But the Langford-based Canadian women鈥檚 sevens rugby team began its quest for 2020 Tokyo Olympic qualification strongly Saturday at the USA Sevens in Glendale, Colorado.
The 2016 Rio Olympic bronze medallists defeated Fiji 26-7, Ireland 24-12 and France 24-10 in pool play in the opening tournament of the World Series season.
sa国际传媒鈥檚 championship-flight quarter-final opponent today was not decided by press time.
Canadian captain Ghislaine Landry鈥檚 try in the victory over France made her the first female player in history to score more than 1,000 career points in the World Series. The six-tournament 2018-19 World Series runs through Dubai next month, Sydney in February, the Japan Sevens in April, the sa国际传媒 Sevens on May 11-12 at Westhills Stadium in Langford, and the France Sevens in Paris next June.
The top-four teams in this season鈥檚 World Series standings will qualify for the Tokyo Olympics, becoming the first quartet of 12聽teams to eventually do so, the including host Japan, which qualifies automatically.
鈥淥bviously, [Olympic qualifying] adds higher stakes,鈥� Landry said heading into the tournament in Colorado.
鈥淲e鈥檙e just looking to perform, and the results and tallies will take care of themselves.鈥�
