Watch: Recapping an historic day for Christine Sinclair and Canadian soccer

By: Brendan Dunlop - Special to the Star, Toronto Star Posted: 2:53 PM CDT Friday, Aug. 6, 2021 Last Modified: 3:05 PM CDT Friday, Aug. 6, 2021

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On Tokyo Daily, host Brendan Dunlop recaps the Canadian women’s national team’s historic gold medal win with the Toronto Star’s Laura Armstrong, on a day that Canada won three medals over the span of one hour. Christine Sinclair is one of the greatest soccer players of all-time, and now an Olympic champion.

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The two discuss what makes this moment so special for Canadian soccer and its fans, how Team Canada navigated the penalty shootout, what went wrong for Sweden and the legacy of Quinn becoming an Olympic champion.

Dunlop also recaps a memorable day of these Olympics with medals from Mohammed Ahmed in the 5,000-metre race, Andre De Grasse adding to his medal count in the men’s 4×100-metre relay and Evan Dunfee in the race walk.