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            In this section I will be talking about the success of the Canadian women in hockey. Women's hockey was first played in 1896 in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. Canada invented hockey and won the first four Olympic gold's. Unlike the Canadian men's hockey Olympic team, the women are the dominant team in the women's hockey. Eight countries competed in women's ice hockey at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, USA. The top six countries from the 2000 Women's World Hockey Championship qualified automatically for the 2002 Winter Olympics. One of them was Canada. Canadian National Women's Team has represented Canada at every World Championship (1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 1999, 2000 and 2001), winning each event and never losing a single game. Canada's Women's Team also capped off double gold at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City.
             In 1998, Hockey Canada debuted the National Women's Under 22 Team for the most promising young female hockey players in Canada. They participate in an international tournament in Europe and in exhibition games against the USA's best young players.
             Women's hockey became a Full Olympic sport at the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Japan. It was there, that Canada's first Olympic women's team brought home a silver medal for Canada. Canada had defeated Kazakhstan, Russia, Sweden and Russia before heading into the gold medal game. The balance of power between the world's two best women's hockey teams met in the gold medal game as Canada faced off against the United States of America. Coming to this game, the United States were 8-0 against Canada and were highly favoured to win the gold medal. Canada then avenged the Nagano loss by beating the US in the gold medal game of the 2002 Winter Olympic Games in Salt Lake City, UT. Canada's Women's Olympic hockey team were crowned Olympic champions. Towards the end of the game, the Canadian people started singing the Canadian anthem. It was a beautiful memory in that game.


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