Penny Oleksiak brought all seven of her Olympic medals to Wednesday'sToronto Maple Leafs game.Canada 's all-time most decorated Olympian reportedly transported her precious hardware in a sock.
Penny Oleksiak has a rather unorthodox problem on her hands.
She has to keep track of too many Olympic medals.
Canada's all-time most decorated Olympian - who has won a gold, two silvers, and four bronze medals across two different Olympic Games - brought her haul of hardware to the Toronto Maple Leafs' home opener against the Motreal Canadiens Wednesday night.
But instead of showing off her plethora of prizes at the
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What's more, the freestyle and butterfly specialist reportedly carried her medals to the game in peculiar, and some might say humble, fashion. She was spotted pulling the jumbled heap out of a wool sock before the cameras found her.
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Eventually, though, Oleksiak managed to detangle the mess and sort through her seven medals. By the time she found her way onto the jumbotron, a smiling Oleksiak had her hardware displayed in an organized, visually appealing fashion.
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The Maple Leafs came away with the win in their first game of the season. And while Oleksiak was undoubtedly supporting the hometown team in this one, she likely has a different favorite NHL franchise.
Her older brother, Jamie Oleksiak, is a defenceman for the league's newest franchise - the Seattle Kraken. Toronto's side will make its way to Seattle to face the Kraken in December, and perhaps the younger Oleksiak athlete will bring her many medals - tangled and stuffed in a sock, of course - to KeyArena for the showdown.