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On March 26, 2008, the United States Olympic softball team had their 185-game winning streak (both official and exhibition games) snapped in a no-hitter thrown by Virginia Tech's pitcher Angela Tincher, who struck out 10 batters in a 1–0 exhibition win for the Hokies. The no-hit win proved something extra special in this case, as Tincher had ...
The official world competition was first held in 2005 and has been played every year since, with the exception of 2008 due to many national teams' participation in the Olympics. However, softball has since been discontinued as an Olympic sport, thereby ensuring that the World Cup will remain relevant at the international level for the ...
The United States won silver, and the Australian team bronze, to become the only countries to win a medal in all four Olympic softball tournaments. The international governing bodies of softball, baseball, rugby sevens, golf, karate, roller sports, and squash petitioned the IOC in 2009 to fill two sport slots at the 2016 Olympics . [ 13 ]
USA's NiJaree Canady (24) lines up with her team after a game between the USA Softball Women's Elite Team and Great Britain at Devon Park in Oklahoma City, Saturday, June 29, 2024.
A women's softball world championship predates the ISF's event. A championship was held in Canada between several American and Canadian teams in 1952 and 1953. [ 2 ] Australia had also hosted an international tournament that predated the first Women's World Championship.
On August 12, 2018, the first team to qualify for the 2020 Olympics was the United States, by winning the 2018 World Championship. Japan automatically qualifies by being the host country, as well as the 2018 World Championship runners-up. [30] At the Olympics, Japan won the gold, the United States won the silver, and Canada won the bronze.
There's a reason the American women seemed mad after accepting their silver medals. Look at those 13 lost years without an Olympic opportunity. ... 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us. Mail. Sign ...
The United States has routinely been one of the top countries in softball at the Olympics, making the gold-medal game in each of the five years softball has been an Olympic sport. It went 3-2 in ...