Olympic breakup rumors floor earlier than ladies’s hockey last

Love is within the air at this yr’s Winter Olympics, but it surely appears breakups are, too.

Rumors have surfaced forward of Thursday’s gold medal ladies’s hockey recreation between the US and Canada that American Caroline Harvey and Toronto native Daryl Watts have break up up.

The breakup buzz originated on social media earlier this week, with The Sporting News reporting that Harvey’s teammate, Laila Edwards, referred to the defender as single in a TikTok comment.

The outlet included how different feedback steered Harvey, 23, had scrubbed all of her photographs that includes Watts.

A 2022 Olympic silver medalist in Beijing, Harvey is main the Milano Cortina Games in scoring. Through six video games, she’s scored two objectives and logged seven assists for 9 factors.

The American squad, captained by the newly engaged Hilary Knight, enters Thursday’s recreation in opposition to Canada undefeated. The States have steamrolled their opponents all through the event, together with Monday’s 5-0 domination over Sweden within the semifinals.

“There is definitely some pressure, of course, because we care and we want to keep that standard alive and be playing great USA hockey,” Harvey stated, in response to USA Today.

“But it’s more enjoyable than anything because it’s just so exciting… You’re playing with the best of the best.”

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With the highest of the rostrum up for grabs, it stays to be seen if Harvey or Watts will go dwelling with the gold.

A 26-year-old ahead on the PWHL’s Toronto Sceptres, Watts is making her debut on this yr’s Winter Games.

She has notched two objectives and 6 assists for eight factors within the event.

The United States shut out Canada in final week’s preliminary spherical, 5-0.