Penny Oleksiak becomes Canada’s most decorated Olympian after women’s medley bronze win

Canada has captured its 13th medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics after winning bronze at the women’s 4×100-metre medley relay finals.

Penny Oleksiak, who anchored as freestyle in her leg, won the seventh Olympic medal of her career — historically marking the 21-year-old as Canada’s most decorated Olympian.

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24-year-old Sydney Pickrem swam breaststroke and also picked up her first medal. Maggie Mac Neil, who swam butterfly, and Kylie Masse in backstroke picked up their third medal.

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Mac Neil, 21, had secured Canada’s first gold medal of the Tokyo Olympics while Masse, 25, won her previous two silvers in the 100m and 200m backstroke finals.

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The four finished with a time of 3:52.60, breaking their previous national record set after winning bronze at the 2019 FINA World Championships. The United States nabbed silver while Australia finished first with a new Olympic record of 3:51.60.

Following their win, Canada’s women swim team has now amassed a total of six medals in Tokyo — as many as it won in the Rio 2016 Olympics. Seven Canadian records were also broken by the swim team.

“Trust me at the top it isn’t lonely,” wrote Oleksiak in a tweet shortly following her team’s bronze win.

— With files from the Canadian Press