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The AmeriCup is a convenient stepping stone on the Canadian women’s national team's path to Olympic glory. While that path now looks more difficult after Natalie Achonwa's injury, they remain steadfast in their goal of reaching the podium. (loung_s)

TORONTO – The Canadian women’s national team suffered a potentially massive blow to their medal chances at the Tokyo Olympic Games later this summer when word came Monday evening from the Minnesota Lynx that star forward Natalie Achonwa suffered an MCL sprain in her right knee and that she would be out indefinitely.

“Really sad to hear about Nat getting injured, she’s an integral part to our team and I think right now we’re waiting to get all the medical information that we need to make a decision,” said Team Canada head coach Lisa Thomaidis after her team defeated Colombia Tuesday, 74-40. Canada impressively finished a run of four games in four days cruising in all its games with the exception of a tightly-contested game with Brazil on Sunday.

 

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