Canadian teenager Penny Oleksiak and American Simone Manuel dead-heated for the Olympic gold medal in the women's 100m freestyle at Rio. Manuel has also made history, become the first African-American woman to win a gold medal in swimming. The last Canadian to win an Olympic gold medal in swimming was Mark Tewksbury, who took out the men's 100m at Barcelona in 1992. The pair reached the finish with identical times of 52.70sec, with each earning a gold medal. The last dead-heat for gold in swimming at the Olympics was in Sydney in 2000 when American training partners Gary Hall Jr and Anthony Ervin tied first in the 50m freestyle.

Source: New Zealand Herald August 12, 2016 05:26 UTC