The Canadian swimming team arrived in Tokyo with high hopes of bringing home some medals.

The first came with the women's 4 X 100 relay team capturing silver.

Kayla Sanchez, Margaret Mac Neil, Rebecca Smith, and Penny Oleksiak's time of 3:32.78 was only surpassed the Australian team, which set a world record of 3:29.69

It marked Canada's 50th Olympic medal in swimming and the first time in history that Canada beat the U.S. in this event. The Americans had to settle for bronze.

Canada previously won bronze in this event in 2016, 1976, and1968.

Oleksiak now has five Olympic medals, tying her for first among all Canadian athletes in the Summer Games. She won four medals as a 16-year-old in Rio de Janeiro in 2016.

Toronto is the hometown of Oleksiak and Sanchez, whereas Mac Neil's hometown is London, Ontario, and Smith is from Red Deer, Alberta.

The Canadian women's 4 X 100 team's success was matched later by Jennifer Abel and Mélissa Citrini-Beaulieu. They captured a silver in the three-metre synchro springboard diving competition.

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Their 300.78 point total ranked only behind the 326.40 posted by Chinese divers Shi Tingmao and Wang Han. Germans Lena Hentschel and Tina Punzel won bronze.

Abel is from Montreal and Citrini-Beaulieu's hometown is Saint-Constant, Quebec.