Canada beat Sweden on Friday in a thrilling penalty kick shootout to win Olympic gold in the women’s soccer final at the Tokyo Olympics.
The big picture: It’s Canada’s first-ever Olympic gold in women’s soccer.
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The two teams were tied 1-1 after 90 minutes of stoppage time and two 15-minute halves of overtime. Friday’s game was the first-ever penalty shootout in an Olympics women’s soccer gold medal match.
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Canada earned back-to-back bronze medals in the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. Friday’s first-place finish gives the team their first gold medal.
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It’s the Swedish women’s team second Olympic silver medal in the sport.
Driving the news: Sweden, who went into halftime winning 1-0, dominated possession throughout the first half of the game, especially so in the opening minutes, Axios’ Ina Fried reports from the stadium.
Historic moment: Friday’s game was also historic on another front — Canadian soccer player, Quinn, became the first openly trans and nonbinary athlete to medal. Quinn won a bronze with Team Canada in Rio, but only publicly declared their trans and nonbinary identities last year.
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