Swimmer Penny Oleksiak Carries Flag Into Olympic Closing Ceremony
RIO DE JANEIRO — Star swimmer Penny Oleksiak will carry the Canadian flag into Maracana Stadium for tonight’s Olympic closing ceremony.
The 16-year-old from Toronto won four medals in Rio, including Canada’s first gold.
She will lead a Canadian contingent that appears is on pace to surpass its goal in Rio of finishing in the top 12 in the overall medal count.
Heading into Sunday, Canada had 22 medals — four better than the 18 won in London four years ago — and was 10th in the medal standings.