Swimmer Penny Oleksiak will carry flag into Olympic closing ceremony
Posted Aug 21, 2016 8:49 am.
Last Updated Aug 21, 2016 8:52 am.
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Star swimmer Penny Oleksiak will carry the Canadian flag into Maracana Stadium for Sunday night’s Olympic closing ceremony.
The 16-year-old from Toronto won four medals in Rio, including Canada’s first gold.
She will lead a Canadian contingent that appears is on pace to surpass its goal in Rio of finishing in the top 12 in the overall medal count.
Heading into Sunday, Canada had 22 medals, four better than the 18 won in London four years ago, and was 10th in the medal standings.
Oleksiak seemingly came out of nowhere to lead Canada’s swim team to six medals in Rio.
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