Teen swimming star Penny Oleksiak voted CP’s female athlete of the year
Penny Oleksiak stared at the wall and told herself to be proud of her performance. Her country already was.
It was 20 seconds after she touched the timing pad in the women’s 100-metre freestyle final that Oleksiak finally turned to the scoreboard and joined in celebrating her Olympic gold medal.
Winner of four medals at the Rio Summer Games, the 16-year-old swimmer has been voted the Canadian Press female athlete of the year.
The Toronto native was the overwhelming favourite, earning 61 votes (94 per cent) in the annual survey of editors and broadcasters from across the country.