{"id":482760,"date":"2021-07-25T16:55:25","date_gmt":"2021-07-25T23:55:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=482760"},"modified":"2021-07-28T05:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-28T12:51:54","slug":"with-penny-oleksiak-anchoring-canada-delivers-relay-silver-to-swear-by","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/with-penny-oleksiak-anchoring-canada-delivers-relay-silver-to-swear-by\/","title":{"rendered":"With Penny Oleksiak Anchoring, Canada Delivers Relay Silver to Swear By"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>With Penny Oleksiak Anchoring, Canada Delivers Relay Silver You Can Swear By<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With silver medals around their necks, the Canadian women\u2019s 400 free relay team was all smiles, giggles and hugs Sunday afternoon in Tokyo.<\/p>\n<p>And before the race, for a swimming program renowned for its collegial nature?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s a lot of swearing before the race,\u201d <strong>Penny Oleksiak<\/strong> volunteered.<\/p>\n<p>Whatever expletives Oleksiak used to fire herself up \u2013 to let\u2019s, uh, something, go \u2013 worked like a charm. While there was no catching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympics-its-a-three-peat-and-world-record-for-australia-in-400-freestyle-relay\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia in its world-record domination<\/a>, Oleksiak made Canada the best of the rest with a split of 52.26 to roar back into second.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_482767\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-482767\" data-attachment-id=\"482767\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/with-penny-oleksiak-anchoring-canada-delivers-relay-silver-to-swear-by\/olympics-swimming-july-25-49\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16449190_168395548_lowres-scaled-e1634074343845.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1100,733\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Jul 25, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Canada team members Kayla Sanchez, Margaret Macneil, Rebecca Smith and Penny Oleksiak with their silver medals during the medals ceremony for the women&#039;s 4x100m freestyle relay during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. 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Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network 2021 Olympics&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Canada&#8217;s 400 free relay of, from left, Penny Oleksiak, Rebecca Smith, Maggie MacNeil and Kayla Sanchez show off their silver medals; Photo Courtesy: Robert Hanashiro\/USA TODAY Network &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16449190_168395548_lowres-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16449190_168395548_lowres-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-482767\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/USATSI_16449190_168395548_lowres-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"Jul 25, 2021; Tokyo, Japan; Canada team members Kayla Sanchez, Margaret Macneil, Rebecca Smith and Penny Oleksiak with their silver medals during the medals ceremony for the women's 4x100m freestyle relay during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Summer Games at Tokyo Aquatics Centre. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Network\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-482767\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Canada&#8217;s 400 free relay of, from left, Penny Oleksiak, Rebecca Smith, Maggie MacNeil and Kayla Sanchez show off their silver medals; Photo Courtesy: Robert Hanashiro\/USA TODAY Network<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The medal marks the best finish for a Canadian women\u2019s relay after five bronzes (including two in Rio five years ago). It\u2019s also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimming.ca\/en\/news\/2021\/07\/25\/womens-4x100-metre-freestyle-relay-team-wins-silver-collects-canadas-first-medal-of-tokyo-games\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Canada\u2019s first medal of the Tokyo Olympics in any spor<\/a>t. Canada clocked in at 3:32.78, .03 ahead of the U.S and nearly a second clear of the Netherlands (3:33.70).<\/p>\n<p>Oleksiak finished it off, again in a race against Simone Manuel. The two young stars of the Rio Games, who tied for gold in the 100 free, found themselves in adjacent lanes, staring each other down on the run into to the finish. Manuel split 52.96, one of four changes for the U.S. from prelims to rally for bronze. But it wasn\u2019t enough to prevent Oleksiak surging by her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou saw us both on the rope that last 25 meters,\u201d Oleksiak said. \u201cI kind of knew I had to touch second. I didn\u2019t really have a choice at the point.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Canadians each did their jobs. <strong>Kayla Sanchez<\/strong> set a second personal best in as many days off the front in 53.42, which put the Canadians fifth. <strong>Maggie MacNeil,<\/strong> subbed in for <strong>Taylor Ruck<\/strong> after making the final of the 100 fly earlier in the session, went 53.47.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have known from experience that usually my second swim is better, because I\u2019m kind of beaten up already,\u201d MacNeil said. \u201cI was really looking forward to that, and just having these girls with me definitely gave me the extra boost of momentum I needed to get silver.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Rebecca Smith<\/strong> turned in a rock solid third leg of 53.63 to hand off to Oleksiak. The older, more mature sprinter delivered a memorable final leg. She was at .09 on her reaction time, pushing the limit of legality. But she closed a gap to Manuel with a big first 50, then battled her all the way down the stretch.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s the fifth Olympic medal of Oleksiak\u2019s storied but still young career, a realization that catches her by surprise.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s pretty crazy to think about,\u201d she said. \u201cI honestly kind of forgot I have four others in the bank, I guess. Excited to bring this one home, hopefully we can get a few more going and see what we can do.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The excitement was heightened by how long this group has known one another. The Canadian program is legendarily tight-knit. The links stretch back more than a decade, through top clubs and the high-performance system.<\/p>\n<p>Those bonds are strong enough to hang a silver medal on.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have a lot of faith in these people,\u201d Sanchez said. \u201cIf you want someone to anchor, it\u2019s Penny. If you want someone to do a second swim, it\u2019s Maggie. And Rebecca is just a great trainer, very consistent. We just needed to do what we needed to do, and we came out with a silver medal. 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