Penny Oleksiak

Manuel overcame a fraught history between Black people and water, which ripples across nations

Oleksiak has won four medals in Rio, the powerhouse behind a Canadian swim team charged up to win

Canada’s won four medals in the pool already, and could rack up even more. The world is watching.

Sports lingo overwhelmingly treats male achievement as superior, and looks to the nearest man whenever a woman strikes gold

The Toronto swimmer has four events to go. Says a former coach, ’she’s always been able to find a way to win’