One player has scored directly from a corner kick at two different Olympics.
Megan Rapinoe curled a corner kick straight into the goal — an 'Olimpico' — against Canada in the London 2012 Olympic semi-final, then did it again against Australia in the Tokyo 2020 bronze-medal match. She is the only player, male or female, ever to score an Olimpico at the Olympics — and she has done it twice.
Scoring from the corner flag is a once-in-a-career fluke. She did it twice, nine years apart, both times at the Olympics.
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Source: ESPN. ESPN's Rapinoe career retrospective documents both goals (2012 semi-final vs Canada; Tokyo bronze-medal match vs Australia). talkSPORT confirms she is the only player to score an Olimpico at the Games, and the only one to do it twice.
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One player has scored directly from a corner kick at two different olympics?
Megan Rapinoe curled a corner kick straight into the goal — an 'Olimpico' — against Canada in the London 2012 Olympic semi-final, then did it again against Australia in the Tokyo 2020 bronze-medal match. She is the only player, male or female, ever to score an Olimpico at the Olympics — and she has done it twice. Scoring from the corner flag is a once-in-a-career fluke. She did it twice, nine years apart, both times at the Olympics. Source: ESPN. ESPN's Rapinoe career retrospective documents both goals (2012 semi-final vs Canada; Tokyo bronze-medal match vs Australia). talkSPORT confirms she is the only player to score an Olimpico at the Games, and the only one to do it twice.