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Penny Oleksiak refuses to look at scoreboard after race

August 11, 2016 by Larry Brown • Comments
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Penny Oleksiak

Penny Oleksiak

16-year-old Canadian swimmer Penny Oleksiak won gold in the 100m freestyle on Thursday night in Rio, but it took her a while to find out.

Oleksiak, who had a dead heat with American Simone Manuel, was so nervous after her finish that she refused to check the scoreboard. When she finally did, she realized she had tied for first, giving her the gold medal:

Penny Oleksiak waited 25 seconds from touching the wall to turning around to see where she finished. What a scene. pic.twitter.com/uKRrttfRBm

— Faizal Khamisa (@SNFaizalKhamisa) August 12, 2016

@cjzero pic.twitter.com/mLjSgNxBge

— Lisa Nham (@Lisa_Nham) August 12, 2016

Here’s what a dead heat looks like:

Tie for gold. pic.twitter.com/kYPTLFaTFr

— Timothy Burke (@bubbaprog) August 12, 2016

At 16 years and 59 days, Oleksiak became Canada’s youngest gold medal winner at an Olympics.

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