Canadian softball stars taking another shot at Olympic dreams with Tokyo 2020
SURREY, B.C. — A lot has happened in the 10 years since softball was last an Olympic sport.
Danielle Lawrie graduated university, got married, had two daughters and retired from playing the game she loves. Now softball is back for the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo and so is the 31-year-old pitcher.
She’s once again picked up her pink glove for Team Canada, working toward a different result than the gutting fourth-place finish she experienced at the Beijing games in 2008.
“Obviously, if it weren’t back in the Olympics, I don’t think it’s something I would pursue,” Lawrie said. “But I wanted to create a different memory than I had in ’08 and try to potentially help a team get there. And I couldn’t be more excited.”