Oleksiak’s four medals tie her as the most decorated Canadian Olympic swimmer in history, make her Canada’s most decorated swimmer at a single Games, and ties her as the third most decorated summer Olympian from Canada.
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“It’s fantastic what happens when one athlete wins, and that just becomes a bit infectious within the village, and I think that spurred an number of athletes on.” he says.
“I’m excited to get back on the mats, get back to training”, said wrestler Erica Wiebe, who also won a gold medal in Rio. “I just wanna catch ’em all”.
“They learned that day that Canada had their back”.
Penny Oleksiak capped a memorable Summer Olympics as Canada’s flag-bearer at Sunday’s closing ceremony of the Rio Games.
She started the haul by leading Canada to bronze in the 4×100 freestyle relay on the first Saturday of competition, then rocketed to silver in the 100 butterfly the following night.
“If you want to be great, great is about being successful over a long period of time, ” Titley said after the swim meet ended. Anything is possible as long as you give it the time dedication and if you have the talent to excel at that, you’re capable of everything. Canada was most dominant in the pool and track, winning six medals in each. CBC says Canadians watched more live coverage than any other previous Summer Games, mainly because the broadcaster offered more hours of live coverage than any other Olympic Games.
Oleksiak is faring well in her mission to be the very best; she won so many medals she’s keeping them in her socks so they don’t get tangled.
“We’ve talked about top eight in the past”, Smith agreed. Gold-medal winning trampolinist Rosie MacLennan was the flag-bearer at the opening ceremony two weeks ago.
The absence of multiple Russians suspended for doping and a slingshot effect from the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto, where the host team was second to the US with 217 medals, were perhaps factors in Canada’s medal haul.
Our women on the soccer pitch and our women’s rugby sevens team captured bronze medals.
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“Just making the final is an accomplishment”, paddler Ryan Cochrane, who grew up outside Windsor and was a late addition to Canada’s Olympic roster, told The Canadian Press.
