FOG BLOG TOKYO OLYMPICS LOG: CANADA HAS WON ITS FIRST GOLD OF THE OLYMPICS!
CANADA HAS 1 GOLD , 2 SILVER , 1 BRONZE FOR 4 MEDALS AND 11 PLACE AT THE TOKYO OLYMPICS AS......Maggie Mac Neil wins Canada's first gold in Tokyo Games first in women's 100 butterfly.......TOKYO -- Margaret Mac Neil shrugged off the bull's-eye she felt on her to win Canada's first gold medal of Tokyo's Olympic Games.
The reigning world champion in the women's 100-metre butterfly blitzed the back half of that race Monday at the Tokyo Aquatic Centre.
Seventh at the 50-metre turn, Mac Neil mowed through the pack to win in 55.59 seconds, which is the third-fastest time in the history of the event..."It was more than I was hoping for at this point," said the 21-year-old from London, Ont. "I was really just trying to enjoy the experience and just have fun, which I think I did today.
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"So I'm really proud of that and just trying to not be so nervous and just try to loosen up, which is when I really swim at my best."
The Canadian out-touched silver medallist Zhang Yufei of China by five hundredths of a second. Australia's Emma McKeon took bronze.
Mac Neil is the seventh Canadian to win Olympic swimming gold. She joins teammate Penny Oleksiak (2016), Mark Tewksbury (1992), Alex Baumann, Victor Davis, Anne Ottenbrite (1984) and George Hodgson (1912).
She's also Canada's first multi-medallist in Tokyo after combining with Oleksiak, Kayla Sanchez and Rebecca Smith to win freestyle relay silver on the opening day of finals.
Mac Neil didn't know she'd captured butterfly gold when she touched the wall. She wears glasses outside the pool, but not contact lenses when swimming.
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