Maggie MacNeil, 21, amazed the world with an Olympic gold medal-winning performance in the 100-metre butterfly. She also set an Americas record with a time of 55.59 seconds, just 0.08 seconds shy of a new Olympic record.
Chinese swimming fans are increasingly fascinated by the Chinese-Canadian — from her birth in Jiujiang in central China to her surprise at becoming an Olympic champion. She had beaten China’s talent Zhang Yufei in the event by 0.05 seconds.
MacNeil, who was adopted from China, clinched Canada’s first gold at the Tokyo Games and joined the Canadian women’s relay team to win silver.
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