Penny Oleksiak takes another shot at Canadian medal record
Posted July 29, 2021 6:40 am.
Last Updated July 29, 2021 7:20 am.
Penny Oleksiak will swim in the women’s 100-metre freestyle final tonight.
If she cracks the podium she will become the only Canadian with seven Olympic medals.
Oleksiak won four medals as a 16-year-old at the Rio games.
The Toronto native picked up silver in the women’s 4 x 100-metre freestyle relay and bronze in the women’s 200-metre freestyle race in Tokyo.
Thursday’s race is scheduled to begin at 9:59 p.m. Toronto time.
