The 16-year-old who stole the show in Rio might just get more Canadians into the pool.
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To play the Angel’s Advocate, let’s assume that “OVO Penny” would like that a lot as a young fan getting tickets to see one of music’s biggest stars perform for free. The 6ix god recently took to Instagram to express how proud he is of Penny Oleksiak, who has won four medals and counting including the first gold medal for Team Canada.
Oleksiak’s former assistant coach, Dave Ling at Toronto Swim Club said that she only began a year and a half back to swim the 100 fly at a very serious level.
Because of the media demands now on the Oleksiaks, the Canadian Olympic Committee arranged a news conference with the family on Saturday before Penny swam for a fifth medal in Rio.
Despite her star-making performance at the Rio Olympic Games, Canadian swimming phenom Penny Oleksiak is also a typical teenager who loves doughnuts, Drake and hanging out with friends.
Two days later, Oleksiak lamented on Twitter that she and fellow Canadian medallist Kylie Masse has tried, and failed, to secure celebratory tickets to the concert. “I think we’ve always kind of done a good job that once we’re in the household we’re just a regular family and she’s still our younger sister”.
Four years ago in London, Team Canada’s 18 medals were divided evenly among male and female events, with Rosie McLennan bringing home the lone gold.
Oleksiak whose astounding performance has placed her into the vanguard of worldwide swimming scene, who is touted to claim the title of Canada’s greatest female athlete.
“I just wanted to know that I didn’t let down my team or anything”, Oleksiak said.
“I’m probably going to start thinking about 2020 as soon as I start next season”, she said.
“We’re still stunned”, she said. The 69-year-old had competed since 1972, winning his first medal, a silver, at the Beijing Games in 2008. And right now, it’s all about keeping it real and “rolling with it”, as Alison put it, while the Canadian coaches hope that given luck, health and proper care, she has two, maybe more Olympic pools in her future and of course, more medals. “And I’m sure they’ve made all of Canada proud – but we need people to invest in these athletes”. “I’m just not super happy with that race”. Her performance even overshadowed the American swimmer Simone Manuel’s achievement who made headlines becoming the first African-American woman to win an Olympic gold in swimming.
“It’s been a pretty interesting meet”, she said.
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Given her medal wins, it is nearly a certainty that Oleksiak will be chosen to carry the Canadian flag at the closing ceremony.
