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These will be real Olympics, with the crowds and the buzz and the pageantry.
No pandemic, no restrictions, nothing that turned 2021 in Tokyo into something less than a fewtimes-in-your-life opportunity.
And for members of the Canadian women’s basketball team named Tuesday to the squad that’s headed to Paris this month, the grandeur awaits.
As does a chance to make history. “It feels different because the last one was COVID, so I didn’t have the full experience; (I’m) looking forward to having that this time around,” said Milton’s Kayla Alexander, now a two-time Olympian. “But it’s always a privilege to be able to represent your country and that never changes.”
This story is from the July 03, 2024 edition of Toronto Star.
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