“A year ago, our team would be sitting here solely talking about the game - and the game is important to us and we are ready for that,” said Charity Williams, who made powerful remarks on the importance of representation. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. As the entire team addressed the virtual gathering, captain Ghislaine Landry was adamant that four prepared questions be read in a specific order - meaning they’d make statements, both in English and French, on a bullying and harassment claim against their former coach, on racial equality and on the discovery of the remains of hundreds of Indigenous children in unmarked graves at residential school sites before talk turned to their preparation over the past 12 months. ‘We are more than athletes’: Canada’s Olympic rugby women open up about representation, Indigenous issues The Canadian women’s Olympic rugby team held a news conference early Saturday morning to talk about a variety of concerns on their minds going into the tournament. It was a business-like win in the end as the pair looks toward its next match against Germans Karla Borger and Julia Sude, which gets on airwaves Sunday at 11 p.m. But once you get out there and you play volleyball you just kind of forget about it.” In the warm-up we were just trying to shake it out. “I was shaking like a leaf,” Humana-Parades said after the match. Activate your Online Access Now Article content If you are a Home delivery print subscriber, unlimited online access is included in your subscription. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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