Canadian player Penny Oleksiak won her second gold medal Tokyo Olympics This is the sixth time in her career, winning a bronze medal in the women’s 200m freestyle on Wednesday.
This medal makes Olekshak the Canadian athlete who has ever participated in the Summer Games.
Her six medals also tied the 21-year-old with the Canadian athlete who won the most Olympic awards, along with speed skater Cindy Klassen and cyclist and speed skater Clara Hughes. Clara Hughes) tied for the record.
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Oleksandr finished the race in 1 minute and 54.70 seconds, just over a second behind Australian gold medalist Ariarne Titmus, who set a new Olympic record. Siobhan Bernadette Haughey of Hong Kong won the silver medal.
It turns out that this game also disappointed the American favorite Kathleen Ledecky, who won a gold medal in the same event at the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics and won a total of six Olympic medals— -Except for one gold medal, all medals are gold medals.
Oleksiak’s victory came after she won the silver medal in the women’s 100m freestyle relay. She won the gold medal with three other teammates on Sunday.
This is also the latest medal won by the Canadian women’s swimming team, which won gold in the 100m butterfly and silver in the 100m backstroke.
In addition to the two medals she won in Tokyo, Olekshak also won four medals at the 2016 Olympics. This is the first Canadian ever to win this honor at a single Summer Olympics. . She is also the youngest Olympic champion ever in Canada, at only 16 years old.
Later on Wednesday, Oleksandr will swim in the semifinals of the 100m freestyle and continue to seek her third Olympic medal.
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