Toronto swimmer Penny Oleksiak becomes Canada’s most decorated Summer Olympian, Haley Daniels makes Canadian canoe history
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.With her bronze medal in the women’s 200-metre freestyle, Toronto swimmer Penny Oleksiak became Canada’s most decorated Summer Olympian. The freestyle bronze was Oleksiak’s second of the
and sixth overall, moving her ahead of rower Lesley Thompson-Willie and runner Phil Edwards. “I don’t think I’m here by chance,” said Oleksiak, who won four medals at the 2016 Rio Games as a 16-year-old.Haley Daniels made Canadian canoe history when she competed in the women’s C-1 canoe slalom at the sun-drenched Kasai Slalom Centre. Daniels didn’t advance out of the qualifying heats, but her biggest victory was being able to compete at all.
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