For the second straight Games, women relay swimmers get Canada’s first medal
TOKYO — Just as in 2016, the women’s 4×100 freestyle relay team gave Canada its first medal of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
This time, however, the medal was a more precious colour.
With star swimmer Penny Oleksiak once again powering the anchor leg, the Canadians swam to a silver medal in Sunday’s race, finishing in a time of three minutes 32.78 seconds.
A few hours later, divers Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu added another silver on a successful day in the pool. Abel and Citrini-Beaulieu recovered from a slow start and put together three strong dives to reach the podium of the women’s three-metre synchronized platform.