Canada's Chloe Daniels and Florence Symonds celebrate after their team's rugby sevens match against France in Saint-Denis, France, on July 29.Esa Alexander/Reuters
Canada remains in the medal hunt in Olympic women’s rugby sevens after downing host France 19-14 in Monday’s quarter-finals.
Chloe Daniels scored the winning try with 53 seconds remaining in the second half and the Canadians thwarted a late French attack to secure a spot in the semi-final.
Piper Logan scored two tries for Canada, while captain Olivia Apps contributed a conversion. Daniels was 1-for-2 on conversion attempts, with her one miss coming on her winning try.
The Canadians advanced to the quarter-final game by closing out group play with a 26-17 win over China earlier on Monday.
Canada has a semi-final date on Tuesday with undefeated Australia, which hammered Ireland 40-7 in Monday’s quarter-final.
New Zealand and the United States will meet in Tuesday’s other semi-final.
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