Three Lindsay Locals Head To Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games
/Three Lindsay locals will represent Canada at the Tokyo 2021 Olympic Games this summer.
(From Left to Right) Olivia Apps, Claire Wright and Emma Wright. Photo Courtesy of Team Canada.
Olivia Apps started playing rugby in grade 10 while attending I.E Weldon. Now, five years later, the 22-year-old will take to the world stage and represent Canada on the 13-player rugby sevens team.
Since her start in the sport, rugby has taken Apps to places like Australia, Japan and Dubai - though she is proud of her rural roots.
“What’s really important to me is to grow the sport in Lindsay and promote younger girls to stay involved in athletics,” she said. “You know what, you don’t have to be from a big city where sports teams are really good and really competitive. All that stuff doesn’t matter as much as work ethic and believing in yourself.”
While training in Lindsay, Apps shared a strength and conditioning coach with Emma Wright and remembers hoping to be able to watch her compete at the Olympics one day.
Sisters Emma and Claire Wright are representing Canada on the women’s water polo team.
“We both play different positions, so it was a different fight for us to be on this team,” said Claire. “Staying our course, we both got to this point and it’s unreal.”
Claire and Emma in Peru. Photo Courtesy of Wendy Wright.
