Following the path set by Oleksiak, Chaput leads next wave of Canadian swimmers
WINNIPEG — If Oksana Chaput is exhausted after yet another gruelling swimming practice, she only has to go into her basement for a pick-me-up.
On the wall of her Winnipeg home hangs a photo of herself with Olympic swimming sensation Penny Oleksiak, whom Chaput met in April at the Canadian swimming trials in Victoria.
“When I walk past it, I always look at it,” Chaput said of the photo in a phone interview before her competition this week at the Canada Games.
“I always just remember meeting her and how inspired I am by her.”