As of the morning of August 10, the five Canadian medal winners at the Olympic games in Rio are all women!
Making Canada proud are:
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak, taking silver in the 100m butterfly.
Congratulations to 16 year-old @OleksiakPenny who won her (and #Canada ’s) second medal at #Rio2016 ? pic.twitter.com/k62kEkTXRT
— Canada (@Canada) August 8, 2016
Kylie Masse who nabbed a bronze in the 100m Backstroke.
.@Kjmasse wins bronze in the 100m backstroke. @SwimmingCanada‘s third medal at #Rio2016: https://t.co/J8cl2oJuYP pic.twitter.com/8HDDv9ok2Z
— Team Canada (@TeamCanada) August 9, 2016
The 4x100m freestyle relay team of Sandrine Mainville, Chantal Van Landeghem, Taylor Ruck and Penny Oleksak, brought in Bronze.
#Rio2016 #Canada??’s Olympians?? Congrats to our women team for their 4x100m freestyle relay metal win! ✨ ?? ✨ ❤️ ✨ pic.twitter.com/mxjtzg3vt7
— Torontonian (@Toronto_nian) August 8, 2016
Synchronised 10m divers Meaghan Benfeito and Roseline Filion, earned themselves a bronze
#Olympic roundup: Diving duo earns #Canada yet another medal https://t.co/3CuWbPEqQM #Rio2016
— Breakfast Television (@BTtoronto) August 10, 2016
The Women’s Rugby team are taking home bronze, being the first Canadian team (for either men or women) to win a medal for the sport.
#Rio2016 #Canada‘s?? Olympians?? Congrats to our #Rugby team & @KJMasse 4 their medals via @Toronto_nian???? https://t.co/eED56OjHiW
— Torontonian (@Toronto_nian) August 9, 2016
When it comes to the Olympics, the summer series isn’t necessarily Canada’s strong suit. We’ve just been squeezed out of the top 10 nations in medal standings by the UK but that might change. But either way, go Canada!