Paris — If all goes according to plan, Kacie Bosch and Paige Crozon will bid a fond adieu to Paris with 3×3 basketball gold medals and conversational French as cherished souvenirs.

They will have the Plouffe twins to thank — merci, Michelle et Katherine — for both, though Bosch and Crozon most certainly contribute to Canada’s on-court performance. They do not, however, have any game on the linguistic front.