Paris – Krissy Scurfield got one sentence out before the tears took over.

It was so hard, she told her rugby sevens teammates as they stood before a friendly crowd at Canada Olympic House, to watch from a hospital bed as they battled for gold and eventually settled for silver without her.

Scurfield, a team stalwart and offensive dynamo from Canmore, Alta., apparently suffered an internal laceration in a July 28 game against New Zealand and missed the remaining four games of the Canadian team’s Olympic tournament. It was a devastating turn of events for the gritty competitor.