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CALGARY — Go ahead and tell Ghislaine Landry how Canadians should be content with an Olympic medal of any colour in women’s rugby sevens.

Explain how Australia is the team to beat in Rio and that New Zealand is the reigning world champion. And that there’s England to worry about.

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Landry — a 5-foot-4 dynamo who led the HSBC World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series in points this season — simply shrugs off such talk like a would-be tackler in an open field. Gold is the goal for the Canadian women’s rugby sevens team, she says politely. Not silver. Not bronze.

“We’ve beaten everybody on the series,” Landry told Postmedia on Wednesday. “We know we can do it. We’re not going for a podium finish. We’re not going to have fun. We’re going to win gold. That’s the job at hand, and it’s definitely possible.”

Led by Landry, the Canadian women proved it possible over the weekend by winning their last tournament before the Olympics in Clermont-Ferrand, France. The victory came without the services of injured captain Jen Kish (Rugby Canada assures us she will be in fine for Rio despite the picture on Twitter that shows her wearing a neck brace) and the dynamic Ashley Steacy. In fact, injuries have decimated the Canadian crew for much of the year.