Toronto’s teenage marvel Penny Oleksiak has thundered into the record books with a gold medal win by tying Simone Manuel of the U.S. in the women’s 100-metre freestyle at the Rio Olympics. The 16-year-old, six foot one inch wonder girl now has four medals, the most ever won by a Canadian at the Summer Olympics. Oleksiak made Canada proud and thrilled her mom and dad, who were in the stands, as she turned on her overdrive finish to win in 52.70 seconds. Manuel and Oleksiak embraced as they realized what they had achieved. Sweden’s Sarah Sjostrom was third in 52.99 seconds. Toronto is like super-excited for Penny Oleksiak
Game-over column on Penny Oleksiak's first gold medal, and fourth of the Games. Give her the flag, now. https://t.co/pxQ2muCRsU
— Bruce Arthur (@bruce_arthur) August 12, 2016
