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It is moments like Oleksiak’s triumphs that will last forever in Canadian sporting lore. It was just one in a long line of Canadian successes at the Summer Olympics. I am too young to remember Donovan Bailey’s historic 100 M sprint in 1996, but I certainly know how important it was then, and how important the still living legacy of that race is.
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Of course there have been some painful moments in Summer Olympic history, Ben Johnson having his gold medal taken away after his doping scandal in 1988 or the women’s soccer team crushing defeat in the 2012 semifinal based on what everyone with even little bit of knowledge about the sport knows was a bad call. However, those disappointments are part of the spectacle of the games. Sports fans live for stories. Imagine how much sweeter it would be if the soccer team takes home the gold this t
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