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Team Canada will play for soccer gold after upset over top-ranked USA. The 23-year-old Jessie Fleming scored the only goal of the semifinal soccer game against the United States sending Canada through to the championship match.

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Jessie Fleming of Canada celebrates scoring Canada's only goal to win the semifinal match against the United States on Monday August 2, 2021 at the Tokyo Olympics.HENRY ROMERO/Reuters

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Canada's Jessie Fleming, 23, takes a penalty kick during a women's semifinal soccer match against United States at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Kashima, Japan.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Jessie Fleming of Canada scores the first goal and only goal from the penalty spot against Adrianna Franch of the United States.EDGAR SU/Reuters

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The Canadian women’s soccer team celebrates their 1-0 semifinal win over the United States at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on Monday. Canada won on a penalty kick goal, putting Canada through into the gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics set for August 6, 2021.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail

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Veteran Megan Rapinoe of the United States hugs Canadian veteran and captain Christine Sinclair after the Canada defeated USA 1-0 during the semifinal match at Ibaraki Kashima Stadium on Monday.Melissa Tait/The Globe and Mail

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Christine Sinclair of Canada, left, plays against Julie Ertz of the United States on the women's semifinal soccer match at the Tokyo Olympics. .EDGAR SU/Reuters

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United States' Megan Rapinoe, left, and Canada's Ashley Lawrence battle for the ball during a women's semifinal soccer match at the Tokyo Olympics.Martin Mejia/The Associated Press

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Quinn of Canada in action with Kelley O'Hara of the United States during the women's semifinal soccer match.EDGAR SU/Reuters

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Alyssa Naeher of the United States goes down after sustaining an injury as teammate Becky Sauerbrunn comes to her aid.MIKE SEGAR/Reuters

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Canada's Janine Beckie, left, and United States' Tierna Davidson battle for the ball during a women's semifinal soccer match at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Kashima, Japan.Fernando Vergara/The Associated Press

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Cedric Fofana of Canada competes in the men's three-meter springboard preliminary round on Monday August 2, 2021. Fofana will not move on to the semifinals at the Tokyo Olympic Games. In his Olympic debut, the 17-year-old from Montreal scored 225.35 to place 29th.ANTONIO BRONIC/Reuters

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Judges watch Andrew Capobianco of the United States during the men's three-meter springboard preliminary round at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.CLODAGH KILCOYNE/Reuters

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China's Xie Siyi during the men's three-meter springboard preliminary round on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics. Siyi finished second with 520.90 points while China's Wang Zongyuan finished first with 531.30. Both Chinese divers were the only ones to pick up 500 or more points in the event.MARKO DJURICA/Reuters

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Canada's Michelle Russell competes in the women's kayak single 200 meter heat at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021. Russell advanced to the next round.YARA NARDI/Reuters

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Andreanne Langlois of Canada competes in the women's kayak single 200 meter heat at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021. Langlois advanced to the next round.The Associated Press

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Canada's Colleen Loach, riding Qorry Blue D'Argouges, competes during the jumping equestrian event at Equestrian Park in Tokyo on Monday August 2, 2021.MOLLY DARLINGTON/Reuters

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Vincent De Haitre, Michael Foley, Jay Lamoureux and Derek Gee of Team Canada compete during the track cycling men's team pursuit at the Tokyo Olympics in Izu, Japan on Monday August 2, 2021.KACPER PEMPEL/Reuters

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Canada's Melissa Humana-Paredes, left, and Sarah Pavan celebrate a play during a women's beach volleyball match against Spain at the Tokyo Olympics. The Canadian team defeated the Spaniards in straight sets 21-13, 21-13 on Monday August 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan.Petros Giannakouris/The Associated Press

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Canada's Anicka Newell competes in the women's qualifying pole vault competition on Monday at the Tokyo Olympics.ANDREW BOYERS/Reuters

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Claudia Holzner and Jacqueline Simoneau of Canada during their women's duet free routine performance at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.STEFAN WERMUTH/Reuters

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Svetlana Kolesnichenko and Svetlana Romashina of the Russian Olympic Committee during their women's duet free routine performance.MARKO DJURICA/Reuters

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Cuba's Mijain Lopez Nunez celebrates his win against Georgia's Lakobi Kajaia in the 130kg Greco-Roman wrestling final match at the Tokyo Olympics by lifting a member of his coaching staff. Lopez Nunez has won the super heavyweight title at the last three Olympics, this win makes him the first man in the world to hold four gold medals in wrestling.Aaron Favila/The Associated Press

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Laurel Hubbard of New Zealand reacts after dropping the barbell in the women's +87kg weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021. Hubbard did not win but made history as the first openly transgender woman to step into an Olympic weightlifting final.Luca Bruno/The Associated Press

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Li Wenwen of China shouts as she completes her final lift to win gold in the women's +87kg weightlifting event at the Tokyo Olympics.Seth Wenig/The Associated Press

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Matthew Hughes of Canada competes in the men's 3,000 meter steeplechase final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.KAI PFAFFENBACH/Reuters

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Morocco's Soufiane El Bakkali celebrates winning gold after competing in the men's 3000 meter steeplechase at the Tokyo Olympics. Lamecha Girma of Ethiopia claimed silver and Benjamin Kigen of Kenya took the bronze creating an all-Africa podium. Canada's Matthew Hughes finished in sixth place a personal best.LUCY NICHOLSON/Reuters

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Sifan Hassan of the Netherlands celebrates after winning gold in the women's 5000 meter final at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.PHIL NOBLE/Reuters

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Elaine Thompson-Herah of Team Jamaica, far left, Beth Dobbin of Team Great Britain, Crystal Emmanuel of Team Canada, Gabrielle Thomas of Team United States, Gina Bass of Team Gambia, Christine Mboma of Team Namibia and Rafalia Spanoudaki-Chatziriga of Team Greece compete in the women's 200 meter semifinals on day ten of the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.Ryan Pierse/Getty Images

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Valarie Allman of the United States competes in the Women's Discus Final on day ten of the Tokyo Olympics. Despite a delay due to rain, Allman’s first attempt went 68.98 meters which stood as her best of seven attempts and no other competitor in the finals was able to throw further.Christian Petersen/Getty Images

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Denmark's Victor Axelsen reacts after winning against China's Chen Long during their men's singles gold medal Badminton match at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021.Markus Schreiber/The Associated Press

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Indonesia's Greysia Polii, right, and Apriyani Rahayu celebrate after defeating China's Chen Qing Chen and Jia Yi Fan during their women's doubles gold medal match at the Tokyo Olympics on Monday August 2, 2021. This is the first gold of the Tokyo Games for the Southeast Asian countryDita Alangkara/The Associated Press

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General view of athletes in action during women's 400 meter hurdles semifinal as rain falls on August 2, 2021 in the Olympic Stadium in Tokyo, Japan.HANNAH MCKAY/Reuters

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