After Rio 2016 Canadian Athletes Now Belong In Business Class, Not Economy
With more than one option, Canadian officials were in a quandary over who should carry the flag into the closing ceremonies of the 2016 Rio Olympics. Would it be the 16-year old wunderkind Penny Oleksiak, who’d won a record four swimming medals— including a gold in the 100- metre freestyle?
Or should it be sprinter Andre DeGrasse, the 21-year-old sensation who’d gone shoulder-to-shoulder on the track with the immortal Usain Bolt and emerged with three medals of his own, including silver in the 200 metres?
Or what about high-jump gold medalist Derek Drouin? Or how about race walker Evan Dunfee, a race waker who told the world he didn’t want any medal if it came on an appeal?
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