Canada's fencing team is back en garde for the Olympics
Women's, men's foil teams qualify for Tokyo games
Canada's fencing team is back en garde for the Olympics.
On Sunday, both the men's and women's Foil Teams qualified for the Tokyo games.
🚨 ANOTHER QUALIFICATION! 🙌<br><br>In addition to the women, the Canadian men also qualified for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> in fencing! 🤺🤩<br><br>They got a quota spot for <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamCanada?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamCanada</a> 🇨🇦 in the team foil event 💪 <a href="https://t.co/8SwklZc1hX">pic.twitter.com/8SwklZc1hX</a>
—@TeamCanadaIt's the first time since 1988 that both Canadian Foil Teams will jointly take a stab at Olympic glory. While the women last qualified in 2000, the men have not made an appearance since '88.
The teams secured their berths following the FIE men's and women's World Cups in Kazan, Russia and Cairo, Egypt respectively.
🤺🇨🇦 is off to TOKYO ✈️🙌<br><br>The 🇨🇦 women have secured <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/TeamCanada?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#TeamCanada</a>’s spot in the Team Foil event at <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Tokyo2020?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Tokyo2020</a> 🎫🤩<br><br>See who has already 😆 qualified for <a href="https://twitter.com/Tokyo2020?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@Tokyo2020</a> ➡️ <a href="https://t.co/Xfip0UINau">https://t.co/Xfip0UINau</a> <a href="https://t.co/AspnsoYBrz">pic.twitter.com/AspnsoYBrz</a>
—@TeamCanada