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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2021 20:26:12 GMT
Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak had a message for her high school teacher on Tuesday. But it didn’t include praise for inspiring her to sporting glory.
Instead, the seven-time Olympic medalist ― who won one silver and two bronze medals in Tokyo ― tweeted her disdain for one particular educator who told her to quit.
“I just googled ‘Canada’s most decorated Olympian’ and my name came up,” Oleksiak wrote.
“I want to thank that teacher in high school who told me to stop swimming to focus on school bc swimming wouldn’t get me anywhere,” the 21-year-old added. “This is what dreams are made of.”
Oleksiak clarified her comments in a second post, shared around 90 minutes later.
She meant “no shade at all towards teachers in general,” she wrote, noting that her sister is a teacher who inspires children every day.
“Most of my teachers saw the vision and pushed me towards it,” Oleksiak added. “That one who constantly dragged me down though, WOAT.”
Oleksiak won silver in the 4x100-meter freestyle relay and bronze in the 200-meter freestyle and 4x100-meter medley relay at the Tokyo Olympics.
In Rio five years ago, she won gold in the 100-meter freestyle, silver in the 100-meter butterfly and bronze in the 4x100-meter and 4x200-meter freestyle relays.
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Post by Admin on Aug 4, 2021 21:23:51 GMT
Canadian and Swedish team officials have asked organizers to push back the scheduled late-morning kickoff time for the women's soccer final to avoid the searing heat expected Friday at Tokyo's Olympic Stadium.
"The COC supports Canada Soccer's request to change the time of the women's soccer final," Canadian Olympic Committee chief sport officer Eric Myles said Wednesday in a statement. "It is in the best interest of the athletes."
The final is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. local time Friday (10 p.m. eastern time on Thursday). The local forecast called for mostly sunny conditions and a high of 34 C, with the humidity expected to make it feel more like the low 40s.
Moving the kickoff to the late afternoon would allow the athletes to play in the shade at the 68,000-seat outdoor stadium, since the sun sets in the early evening this time of year in Tokyo.
The Olympic Stadium is also home to athletics competition, but the first track and field event at the venue on Friday isn't scheduled to begin until 8:25 p.m. A soccer game typically lasts about two hours, but extra time or a penalty shootout could extend play into a third hour.
Fredrik Madestam, the media officer for the Swedish women's national team, said Wednesday that the federation's delegation head confirmed the Swedish national committee had put in a request with the IOC to delay the start.
Marika Domanski Lyfors, the head of Sweden's women's team, said she had discussed the request with FIFA, the sport's governing body.
"It is primarily about the players' health we're thinking about and trying to change the time of the game," she told Swedish media late Tuesday. "There's a pretty big difference between playing in the afternoon or evening, and we are very much exposed to the warmth and heat."
Messages left with IOC media relations staff were not immediately returned.
Madestam, who said Lyfors spoke to reporters in Swedish, confirmed the translation.
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Post by Admin on Aug 26, 2021 5:35:27 GMT
Canadian Olympic cyclist Kelsey Mitchell turned heads during the Games, and continued doing so even as she was leaving Tokyo. The 27-year-old recently posted a video of alarms going off as she walked through the security screening in Tokyo. The culprit? Her gold medal. www.instagram.com/reel/CS69brilx1G/In the video, Mitchell is seen pranking the security personnel by hiding her gold medal under her shirt as she walks through the metal detector. After the alarms went off, she pulled out her bling and was met with nothing but laughter and applause, proclaiming herself as a comedian — and rightfully so.
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Post by Admin on Aug 26, 2021 15:13:13 GMT
Canada's gold medal moments at #Tokyo2020 | Anthems
From Margaret Macneil to the women's football team - enjoy watching Canada's gold medal moments at #Tokyo2020, accompanied by the Canadian national anthem!
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Post by Admin on Sept 3, 2021 2:02:11 GMT
Canada upset favourites USA | #Tokyo2020 Highlights
Gold medal favourites USA were stunned in the women's football semifinals by Canada. Jessie Fleming calmly slotted in a penalty to hand Canada their first ever Olympic final spot.
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