Fran Kirby says she hopes to inspire future Olympians"Happy, lucky and proud" is how Fran Kirby feels after making Great Britain's women's football squad for the Tokyo Olympics. Competing at the Olympics - as Great Britain prepared to send a women's football team for only the second time - was out of the question. Then in March 2020, the Tokyo Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic, and it offered Kirby another chance. Sam Kerr and Fran Kirby scored 37 goals and provided 18 assists between them in the league last seasonKirby's story is one touched by adversity. "I always watched the Olympics on TV growing up, whether it was gymnastics, tennis, badminton, everything, I was so involved in it.

Source: BBC July 05, 2021 05:37 UTC