Penny Oleksiak tied Canada's all-time Olympic record with her fifth career medal and the Canadian women's team got silver in the 4×100-metre swimming freestyle relay.
Penny Oleksiak, the decorated swimmer who anchored the Canadian women to the nation's first MEDAL of these Games, earned her fifth career trip to the podium in the process, tying an all-time record for an Olympian from Canada.The relay team secured its place in tonight's final by posting the third-fastest time in yesterday's semifinal with a combined time of three minutes 33.72 seconds, narrowly behind the Netherlands and Australia.
Canada's relay team kicking off the nation's success isn't new. Five years ago, during the Rio Games, it was the Canadian women's 4x100m freestyle relay team that earned Canada's first medal with a bronze.
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