Canada’s female swimmers voted Canadian Press team of the year
Canada’s female swimmers soared to unexpected heights in 2016.
Six Olympic medals followed by another seven in home water at the world short-course championship launched Canada as a world power in women’s swimming.
Capping off a remarkable year, the Canadian women’s swim team was crowned the Canadian Press team of the year Wednesday.
“Without the female swimmers leading the way, Canada’s effort at the Rio Olympics is middling,” Medicine Hat News sports editor Sean Rooney said. “With them, it’s arguably the best we’ve ever done in a summer Olympiad.