Canada wins softball bronze, appeals to IOC to stay for '24

[ASFN Admin]

Canada had just won its first bronze medal in softball, the high point of the players' careers, and the reality sunk in that there will be no chance to play in the Olympics again until at least 2028. Dropped by the International Olympic Committee for 2012 and 2016 and restored for this year, softball will be skipped again in 2024. “I think a terrible injustice was done to women's softball when it was taken out in 2008,” Canada coach Mark Smith said after Tuesday's 3-2 win over Mexico.

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