Once in danger of missing a second consecutive Olympics, Matildas midfield dynamo Katrina Gorry is back in full training and ready to fire in Paris.
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Gorry has successfully recovered from ankle surgery, undergone in March, and has linked up with her Matildas teammates for training camp in Spain.
The tenacious midfielder, 31, will be pushing to feature in Sunday's friendly against Canada in Marbella, but more importantly, Australia's opening group match against Germany on July 26.
While Gorry wouldn't directly answer whether she would line up in game one, she indicated she was ready to go.
"It's been a whirlwind couple of months for sure," Gorry said on Monday.
"Obviously, pretty devastated about my injury but so grateful for all the support and I knew that I could trust my body to get myself back here and I get to do it with my beautiful family as well.
"So I'm feeling good, ankle's doing really well and just so happy to be back in camp.
"I'm in full training. I've been in full training for the last couple of weeks.
"I did a lot of running sessions by myself, trying to get myself fit and back in the team and since I've been back, I've been doing full sessions, haven't missed a beat really."
Gorry's fiancee Clara gave birth to son Koby last month.
The pair, along with daughter Harper, who turns three next month, are with Gorry in Spain and will also attend the Olympics.
Gorry played at Rio 2016 but missed Tokyo as she was pregnant with Harper.
"This is definitely special for me - obviously really difficult to miss Tokyo but I got to have Harper," she said.
"So it's all been a pretty incredible journey and to now be here and to get to share it with my family and to know that I got back from the injury is definitely really special to me."
Gorry kept in touch with midfield partner-in-crime Kyra Cooney-Cross during her injury and is keen to renew their on-field relationship.
"It feels like I've never really left," she said.
"So it's been nice to be back out on the training pitch with her, just discussing things, what we can work on, how we can be better.
"We have an amazing connection. So hopefully you get to see that in the next couple of weeks."
Gorry previously flagged she could retire after Paris but indicated it might not be the end of the road.
"For me, the main focus was to get myself here, fit and healthy and yeah, we'll see what happens after that," she said.
"I want to play for the national team as long as I can. It's a special time to be a part of this team.
"So I'll do whatever I can to keep myself fit and make sure I try and get back in the team whenever I can."
Australian Associated Press
