PENNY: “I’m just going to go home and live my life, I guess”

The emergence of Penny Oleksiak as a national hero, teen role model and altogether nice kid is generating interest in the East York swimmer as a commercial icon. At just 16 years, Oleksiak has the post millennial stuff to cause a stampede of manufacturers and government agencies to her door. Today the Globe and Mail and CTV both run stories quoting sources about this prospect.  “She’s doing everything right,” said sports agent Kris Mychasiw of Sprint Management. CTV