Canadian Penny Oleksiak continued her strong showing at Rio 2016 by putting up an excellent time and qualifying for the women’s 100-metre freestyle final.
Oleksiak set a Canadian record with a time of 52.72 seconds, nearly a full second faster than the 53.53 she swam in the heats earlier in the day. The 16-year-old won a silver medal in the women’s 100-metre butterfly earlier in the Games.
Fellow Canadian Chantal Van Landeghem finished 10th and failed to qualify for the final.
