Canada's Golden Girl

Not sure if anyone is following this young lady but....

http://news.nationalpost.com/sports/...lympic-history

We have our first Olympic swimming gold since 1984 (plus a shared Olympic record). Penny Oleksiak. 16 years old. 4 medals so far and a possible fifth tonight. Well done Miss Oleksiak! If she isn't considered as the flag bearer for the closing ceremonies, I think that would be a disgrace. I would imagine if she didn't have athletic scholarships to US schools before the games, she will more than likely have a few now.

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Canadian Olympic Summer Games teams traditionally don't do well in the medal count. This young lady is doing Canada PROUD.

She is an amazing athlete and we should all be proud of her! During interviews she is so calm and mature. Her big talent is the final push for her races. When one interviewer asked her why she was so good at this, she replied that she had been practicing this since she was 10.

My wife and I stayed up to watch the swim last night. We also stayed up and watched the replay. You could see her get stronger (her kicks and her stroke speed) after she turned the wall but still to come back from 7th against that strong of a field (this was the medal heat not a qualifier) is what makes this swim really remarkable. She was competing against women who have way more experience and training than she does (I believe the closest competitor was 19 years old). She paced them the first 50m and then crushed them in the last. Well done!

I heard Sophie Trudeau has already written a song and play about Miss Oleksiak and will also be playing the acting role when the movie goes into production. Can't wait !

Seriously she is an incredible athlete with many more Olympics ahead of her ! Miss Oleksiak that is.

could be another medal tomorrow.. the relay team won there heat by 1.5 seconds or more and penny and some other girl rested .. so they should medal again tomorrow.... go Canada Go

I can't seem to get interested in any of the Olympic events this time around although I've found time to watch women's beach volleyball.
But great to see this young gal cleaning up. It won't be long before Trudope will be doing a shirtless selfie with her.

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Originally Posted by sawbill

I can't seem to get interested in any of the Olympic events this time around although I've found time to watch women's beach volleyball.
But great to see this young gal cleaning up. It won't be long before Trudope will be doing a shirtless selfie with her.

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Who does he think he is Vlad Putin. lol

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Originally Posted by mark270wsm

could be another medal tomorrow.. the relay team won there heat by 1.5 seconds or more and penny and some other girl rested .. so they should medal again tomorrow.... go Canada Go

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We were off to a slow start, but they're trickling in now.

I believe all of the Canadian medals are to women athletes so far. The boys better pull up their socks:moose:

Looks like the men finally got one!

Andre De Grasse took bronze in the Men's 100m with a time of 9.91s

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Originally Posted by yellow dog

I heard Sophie Trudeau has already written a song and play about Miss Oleksiak and will also be playing the acting role when the movie goes into production. Can't wait !

Seriously she is an incredible athlete with many more Olympics ahead of her ! Miss Oleksiak that is.

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That is funny right there. I have read that she wants to be called by her new nickname "The Canadian Warbler". Personally I think she has been watching too many of those Canadian Hertiage minutes with Mary Rose-Anna Bolduc in it.

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Originally Posted by sawbill

I can't seem to get interested in any of the Olympic events this time around although I've found time to watch women's beach volleyball.
But great to see this young gal cleaning up. It won't be long before Trudope will be doing a shirtless selfie with her.

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It is sad to think our PM has so little self control that I wouldn't be shocked if that actually happened. Needless to say, if it did, there would a massive failure to protect either of them by a lot of people.

Penny has grown 4" in the last year ... just imagine the power of her swim once her musculature catches up to her growth spurt, she has the potential to be dominant for a number of years.

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Originally Posted by Gadwall

Penny has grown 4" in the last year ... just imagine the power of her swim once her musculature catches up to her growth spurt, she has the potential to be dominant for a number of years.

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There will be a lot of pressure on her to medal in the 2020 games. Hopefully she can adjust after this going home from this one, and just keep doing what she is doing.