Repercussions in sports aren’t timebound anymore. With the involvement of technology, nothing can be concealed, and that’s where Canada’s women’s team has landed on the hot seat. After terrific results in the last few years, the Canucks are at risk of undoing all the hard work. After their staff was caught spying against opponents, reports also suggest that events must have preceded much before the 2024 Olympics in Paris.

Consequently, despite paying the heavy penalty of losing its coach and points being deducted, former icon Tobin Heath star is now demanding to dig the rabbit hole into the issue and, more specifically, into the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo three years ago.

The former USWNT striker feels that the punishment given to the players may be harsh but not for the staff yet. Hence a deeper examination is needed, feels Heath. Speaking to Christen Press on RE—INC Podcast, Heath has given her take by saying, “I think right now but it will not be a fair punishment if they don’t go back and investigate,” including the 2020 Games as well.

Earlier she stated, “When we talk about Canada and especially when we look at past results of Canada like this is something that is going to have to be heavily investigated and unfortunately like at the end of the day it is the difference between Canada winning a gold medal or a medal or whatever in these competitions.”

Even though there is a lot of criticism for the unit, many experts are siding with the players for being strong despite their innocence. However, although Heath backed the players to be innocent, she claims they would have an undue advantage if they were spying earlier.

Canada’s 2020 Olympic gold questioned by experts due to spying

Canada won the gold medal at the 2020 event but the experts feel that there is a possibility of such kind of drone spying giving an advantage to them in penalties. Although many tactics could be revealed, both experts pressed how the team had won two games on penalties during their run and an investigation. While the droned were claimed to be checking on the team’s training sessions, they can be used to assess a player’s penalty-taking prowess which could have played a crucial part feels Heath.

Canada first won the quarterfinals against a strong Brazilian side in penalties. Later, the all-important final against Sweden also reached spot-kicks, and Canada again aced the game 3-2 in the shootout. In addition, both the pundits feel Sweden was a deserving team in the competition and if the story unfolds further, they may get their due.

With so many intricacies around the issue, can the current champions prove others wrong with their current performances? Let us know in the comments.