While there are no athletes from Exeter- Grand Bend going to the Paris Olympics, there are four from London.
Shelina Zadorsky from London plays as a centre-back for the women’s national soccer team, having played professionally for both Australia and Sweden as well. She’s listed as an alternate for this Olympics.
Zadorsky won a bronze medal with Canada at the 2016 Rio Olympics and won GOLD with Canada at the last Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
The reigning Olympic champs are trying to reach the Games podium for the fourth time in a row. But the post-Christine-Sinclair-era Canadians aren’t considered one of the favourites this year after bowing out in the group stage of last year’s World Cup.
Still, anything can happen at the Olympics…women’s soccer Group A play is already underway (started Thursday) and the gold medal game is August 10th.
Written By: L. Dickson
