“I'm super honoured just to be able to carry the flag for Canada and lead all these athletes who've worked so hard to get here,” she told a news conference Sunday. The 16-year-old from Toronto won four medals in Rio, including Canada's first gold. Oleksiak seemingly came out of nowhere to lead Canada's swim team to six medals in Rio. She became Canada's most decorated swimmer at a single Games and appears on track to eventually become Canada's most decorated Olympian ever. Soccer star Christine Sinclair carried the flag into the closing at the London Olympics four years ago after leading Canada to a bronze medal.

Source: thestar August 21, 2016 14:48 UTC