#short #shorts #ytshort Maggie Mac Neil swims to Canada's 1st gold medal of Tokyo Olympics

London, Ont.'s Maggie Mac Neil with her gold medal after finishing first in the women's 100-metre butterfly Monday morning in Tokyo. (Getty Images)

Maggie Mac Neil won Canada's first gold medal of these Olympics, capturing the women's 100-metre butterfly in a Canadian record of 55.59 seconds on Monday morning in Tokyo.

China's Zhang Yufei (55.64) took the silver and Australia's Emma McKeon (55.72) claimed bronze.

Mac Neil, from London, Ont., is competing in her first Olympics and already has two medals.

"I can't believe this moment happened," she said after becoming an Olympic champion.

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