Penny Oleksiak strides confidently across the deck at Toronto’s Pan Am Sports Centre. She flashes a quick smile as she walks, seemingly free from the burdens of past triumphs and failures, and happy to simply be back in the moment again.
Canada’s breakout star at the Rio Olympics finished second Sunday in the 200-metre freestyle at Swim Canada’s 2021 trials — a final opportunity for competitors to lock up coveted spots to compete in Tokyo next month.
“I have really been focusing on getting back into the mindset I was in before Rio,” Oleksiak said, pool water still dripping from her six-foot-one frame.
“[Back then]
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