Penny Oleksiak takes another shot at Canadian medal record

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.

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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.