Canada

Updating Relay Projections: British Men On the Move

The British are coming, the British are coming! Great swims from their back-half legs have Great Britain back in the hunt in the men’s medley.

  12 Comments

Oleksiak Becomes Most Decorated Canadian At Any Summer Olympics At 16

Penny Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian ever at a summer Olympics, winning her fourth medal, a gold, in the 100 freestyle.

  13 Comments

Oleksiak Wins Canada’s First Gold Medal in Rio

16 year old Penny Oleksiak has become Canada’s first gold medalist of the 2016 Rio Olympic Games…

  2 Comments

Oleksiak Win Highlights Top Swims From Junior Swimmers on Rio Day 6

A couple of juniors have taken the Olympic stage by a storm, including Canada’s Penny Oleksiak, who has won 4 medals so far in her first Olympic Games.

  4 Comments

Penny Oleksiak Breaks World Junior Record In 100 Free Gold Medal Swim

Canadian Penny Oleksiak broke her own world junior record in the women’s 100 free, tying for the gold medal.

  4 Comments

Relay Roundup: Women’s 4×200 Freestyle Relay Split Breakdown

The U.S. women reversed their fortunes to top Australia in the 4×200 freestyle relay last night.

  31 Comments

Oleksiak Leads As Canada Destroys National 4×200 Free Relay Record

Led by a world-class anchor leg from Penny Oleksiak, Canada obliterated its own national record in the women’s 4×200 free relay to earn Olympic bronze.

  2 Comments

Penny Oleksiak Shatters 100 Free World Junior Record In 52.72

Penny Oleksiak continues to impress in the pool, posting a world junior record on her way to the 2nd seed in tonight’s 100 free finals.

  8 Comments

Brittany Maclean Misses Prelim Relay Due To Illness

Brittany Maclean was absent for the 800 free relay preliminary heats, but Canada still managed to make the final qualifying 6th overall.

  10 Comments

North America Recap Day 4: Ledecky Beats Sjostrom In Clash of Stars

Katie Ledecky won the 200 free over fellow superstar Sarah Sjostrom, removing the Swede from contention for swimmer of the meet honors.

  Comment First!

Canadians Oleksiak, Ruck First Ever Olympic Medalists Born In 2000s

The IOC has confirmed that Canadians Penny Oleksiak and Taylor Ruck are the first two Olympic medalists ever that were born in the 2000s.

  1 Comment

Updating Relay Projections: Americans Now Favored In Both Medleys

Abbey Weitzeil’s huge split on the 4×100 free relay gives a spark of hope to an American medley relay originally projected to take silver.

  27 Comments

North America Recap Day 3: Ryan Murphy Extends U.S. Streak In 100 Back

Ryan Murphy extended the Americans streak to six consecutive gold medals in the men’s 100 backstroke.

  3 Comments

Kylie Masse Breaks CAN Record In 100 Back, Wins First Olympic Medal

Canadian Kylie Masse won bronze in the women’s 100 back in a new national record, the Canadian women three medals in three days.

  3 Comments

Penny Oleksiak: 2x Olympic Medallist Or Creator Of The Swimmers Dougie?

Her performances have rocketed here to stardom in Canada over night, although we at SwimSwam still credit her fame to creating the swimmers dougie.

  4 Comments