Having been through 'hell and back,' Penny Oleksiak returns to pool with full focus on Olympics
Canada's Penny Oleksiak is back at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre this week competing in the inaugural Canadian Open. She’ll compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle events, a chance to see where she’s at with less than five weeks until Olympic trials.
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![Canada's Penny Oleksiak, seen above at Tokyo 2020, is returning to competition at the Canadian Open, where she says she feels healthy and happy to be swimming after bouts of injury and depression. A swimmer stands with one hand on her hips.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7169395.1712764906!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/oleksiak-penny-041024.jpg)
Canada's Penny Oleksiak is back at the Toronto Pan Am Sports Centre this week competing in the inaugural Canadian Open. She’ll compete in the 100m and 200m freestyle events, a chance to see where she’s at with less than five weeks until Olympic trials.