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The Canadian roster of 15 athletes was named on 12 May 2021, including four members of the last team that competed at the Olympics (Lawrie, Rafter, Regula and Sailing). [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Canada roster
Softball was featured at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo in its first Olympic appearance since 2008. [1] The tournament consisted of six teams. Baseball/softball was one of five optional sports added to the program of the 2020 Summer Olympics. [2]
Softball and baseball were reinstated together on a one-time basis at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [15] Five nations have won medals in softball at the Olympics; the United States, China, Australia, Japan, and Canada. [5] With three gold medals and two silver, the United States were the most successful team. [5]
However, the team then won the silver medals at the 2008 and 2020 Summer Olympics, both times narrowly losing to Japan. 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 ...
Softball was on the Olympic program from 1996 to 2008. It was introduced at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics and was removed from the program for 2012 and 2016, but was added for a one-off appearance, along with baseball, for the 2020 Summer Olympics (which was postponed to 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic).
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Team squads This page was last edited on 19 July 2021, at 17:38 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Softball at the 2020 Summer Olympics; M. List of Olympic medalists in softball This page was last edited on 24 June 2022, at 05:30 (UTC). Text ...
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