Canada Wins Silver at Tokyo Olympics

Sunday, 25 July 2021 08:39

By Tami Jeanneret

Second silver medal so far as Canadian women dominate in the pool

In their first Olympics together, Canadian divers Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu landed on the podium after capturing silver in the women's synchronized three metre springboard competition,

The first medal of the games, came after swimmer Penny Oleksiak put in a clutch performance to lead the women's 4x100 metre freestyle swim team to a sliver medal.

The team of Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez, Rebecca Smith and Margaret MacNeil, finished just behind a world record performance from Australia.

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Canada Wins Silver at Tokyo Olympics

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