Except her all wasn’t quite good enough against a top-ranked U.S. squad gunning for gold in softball. The 26-year-old from Surrey, B.C., was the starting pitcher Thursday in Canada’s second game of the round-robin phase in the Olympic tournament. And still the team in red and black almost tied it up in that frame. Victoria Hayward flied out, Groenewegen scrambled back to the bag, and after an intentional walk, Kelsey Harshman struck out. Groenewegen woke up after 11 days but it took weeks before she could even walk again.

Source: thestar July 22, 2021 07:30 UTC