Sarnia rugby player Julia Greenshields (Photo courtesy of Kevin Light)Sarnia rugby player Julia Greenshields (Photo courtesy of Kevin Light)
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Greenshields and Canada's rugby sevens team to miss the podium

Sarnia's Julia Greenshields and Canada's women's rugby sevens team will return home from Tokyo without a medal.

The team finished the Olympic group stage with a 1-2 record after falling to France 31-0 Thursday night. They then missed the quarterfinals on a tiebreaker by two points.

Greenshields scored a try in Canada's 45-0 win over Brazil Friday morning.

The 29-year-old and the team qualified for the Olympics in 2019 after capturing a bronze medal at the World Series Sevens tournament in France.

The Canadians face Kenya for ninth place Friday at 8:30 p.m. (EST)

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