Penny Oleksiak dips her hand into her red Team Canada backpack and retrieves four wool work-socks. Put aside the question of what kind of person brings winter foot-wrappers to the Summer Olympics ...

Penny Oleksiak didn’t get what she set out for, but felt a sense of relief. Oleksiak won the women’s 100-metre freestyle Friday night at Canada’s Olympic and Paralympic swim trials.

This year, however, 16-year-old golden girl Penny Oleksiak changed that for Canadians. Specializing in butterfly and freestyle, Oleksiak became the first Canuck to win four meals in the same ...