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Five years after becoming Canada's youngest Olympic champion, Penny Oleksiak is the country's most decorated summer Olympian.
The 21-year-old from Toronto earned a bronze medal in the women's 200-metre freestyle for her sixth career medal, and she's not done yet.
Oleksiak will soon be back in the pool to begin defending her title in the 100-metre freestyle.
Canada has nine medals entering Thursday's action at the Tokyo Games.
The total breaks down as two gold, three silver and four bronze.
Canada is 11th place in the medal standings in between the Netherlands and Hungary.
Host Japan leads the medal standings with 13 gold.
That's one more than China and two more than the United States. When it comes to total medals, however, the Americans rule with 31.
