Penny Oleksiak swimming schedule: How to watch Canada star's events live at 2021 Olympics

Jackie Spiegel

• 4 min read

After snagging four medals in Rio five years ago as a bright-eyed 16-year-old, Penny Oleksiak is back in the pool looking for more hardware in Tokyo.

At the 2016 Summer Olympics, the Toronto native won a gold medal (100-meter freestyle), a silver (100 butterfly) and two bronzes (freestyle relay teams). Her four medals set a mark for a Canadian athlete in a single Summer Games, and tied her with Victor Davis' Canadian all-time record for Olympic swimmers.

With one more medal, she will tie rower Lesley Thompson-Willie and middle-distance runner Phil Edwards' record at five career summer medals apiece. With two more she'll tie Cindy Klassen (long track speedskating) and Clara Hughes (road cycling and long track speedskating) for most career medals by a Canadian all-time. Considering she'll hit the pool in a number of events, it's likely she'll pass them — and surpass them — by a wide margin.

Sporting News has you covered with how to watch one of Canada's greatest Olympians as she adds to her trophy case:

Which events is Penny Oleksiak swimming?

After a year spent without a whole lot of racing due to the COVID-19 pandemic — and 122 days out of the water in 2020 — Oleksiak qualified for the 100 and 200 freestyle events. In June, she won the 100 freestyle at the Canadian Olympic Trials, thanks to the second-fastest time of her career.

The Olympic Games are her first international meets since January 2020, and the defending gold medalist for the 100 free will face some tough competition, including one of the greats in American Katie Ledecky. Fellow Canadian Summer McIntosh, who is just 14 and a rising star in the sport, will also be in the pool.

Oleksiak was a part of the 4x100 and 4x200 bronze-medal winning women's relays in Rio; she also was on the medley 4x100 team that came in fifth. Expect her to partake in these teams again in Tokyo.

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How to watch the Olympics in Canada

TV channels: CBC
Live streams: CBC Gem, CBC's Tokyo 2020 website, CBC Olympics app

CBC will be the broadcast home of the Tokyo Olympics in Canada. The coverage will be 'round the clock, as the network will air four six-hour programs covering all things Olympics and events featuring Team Canada. CBC will show live and tape-delayed coverage of the major events. Partners TSN and Sportsnet will also have select events.

Streamers will also have plenty of ways to watch the games in Canada. CBC Gem and the CBC Olympics app will both provide streaming options for Canadians, and CBC.ca will provide live events, highlights and replays of various CBC-aired sports throughout the Olympics.

Audiences will also be able to watch CBC’s coverage through Amazon Prime Video, television service providers Bell, Rogers, Shaw and Telus and through connected TV devices Apple TV, FireTV, Google Chromecast and Roku TV (via the CBC TV and CBC Gem apps).

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