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Penny Oleksiak Gold: These 2 Moms Tie For Olympic Pride Over Daughters' Win

So sweet!
Kristy Woudstra
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While Penny Oleksiak and Simone Manuel shared the podium and gold medal standing in Rio on Thursday, their moms also tied for Olympic pride in the stands.

In this awesome photo, Oleksiak's mom, Alison, and Manuel's mom, Sharon, stand side-by-side holding up "number one" gestures. Their faces are absolutely beaming after their daughters tied for first place in the women's 100-metre freestyle.

“It’s a little surreal, frankly, when you think of your 16-year-old as an Olympian athlete,” Alison admitted to Yahoo in an interview before the summer games. “We’re all a little shellshocked. That her first senior international event is an Olympics, and not just in the relay but in three other events as well, is -- almost as much as her data bills. And they can be pretty big.”

At the Rio Olympics, Oleksiak has already won four medals: two bronze, one silver and now a gold.

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Their moms weren't the only ones beaming yesterday. Check out Mark Tewksbury congratulating Oleksiak on her first Olympic gold medal.

Tewksbury won gold for Canada back in 1992 in the men's 100 metre backstroke. The baton has been passed indeed.

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7 Canadian Olympic Gold Medalists Then And Now
Lennox Lewis(01 of07)
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The 50-year-old boxer won gold for Canada in the 1988 Olympics. He then went professional, becoming the Heavyweight Champion of the World. Lewis, who lived in Kitchener, Ontario, retired from the sport in 2004. According to his social media accounts, Lewis now seems focused on his family and charity work. He formed the Lennox Lewis League Of Champions where children develop self-confidence, discipline and confidence through boxing. (credit:Getty)
Sylvie Fréchette(02 of07)
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The Quebec synchronized swimmer won gold in the 1992 Summer Olympics. However, her medal came with controversy. A judge accidentally entered her score as 8.7, instead of 9.7. After several appeals, Fréchette finally received proper recognition.Today the 49-year-old is married and has two kids. She is an ambassador for Oxfam and she was Canada's assistant Chef de Mission for the 2012 Olympics in London. (credit:Getty)
Marnie McBean(03 of07)
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This three-time Olympic champion won two gold medals in 1992 and one in 1996 for rowing. Now living in Toronto, McBean has been awarded the Order of Canada and a place in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame. The 48-year-old is a mentor, speaker and author. She is also married and a mom of one. (credit:Getty)
Mark Tewksbury(04 of07)
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Raised in Calgary, Alberta, the 48-year-old swimmer won gold at the 1992 Summer Olympics for 100-metre backstroke. Six years later, Tewskbury came out publicly and announced that he's gay. He recently donated his medal to the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg. “I’ve always said for me that medal is a human rights medal,” he said at a press conference last year. “It was done because someone created a space for me to be me.”And 20 years after his victory, Tewksbury was Canada's Chef de Mission at the London games. (credit:Getty)
Donovan Bailey(05 of07)
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Who can forget when the now 48-year-old sprinter won the gold medal in the 100 metres at the 1996 Olympics, setting a world record?(Oh, he also won gold in the 4x100 relay during those games.) Bailey was born in Jamaica, but grew up in Oakville, Ontario. He retired from running in 2001. He's now a father and entrepreneur who is heavily involved in charity work. (credit:Getty)
Carolyn Waldo(06 of07)
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Waldo, 51, is now a broadcaster and media consultant in Ottawa. But in 1988, she won two Olympic golds in synchronized swimming. Waldo retired from competition after those games. (credit:Getty)
Ben Johnson(07 of07)
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Probably the most infamous Canadian summer Olympian, Johnson is now a 54-year-old coach, entrepreneur and dad in Ontario. But back in 1988, he made world headlines when he broke the 100-metre world record, winning gold. All that was stripped from him when he tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.Johnson has since admitted to his drug use, but feels he was treated unfairly. "I know what I did was wrong. Rules are rules. But the rules should be the same for all. But politics always plays in sports," he said 25 years later in an interview with the Telegraph. (credit:Getty)

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