Penny Oleksiak to make final attempt to qualify for Olympic 100m freestyle event

When Penny Oleksiak missed out on qualifying individually for the Olympics in the 200-metre freestyle event at the Canadian swimming trials last month, she told the media "my story is not done yet."

Two days after the 200 freestyle disappointment she narrowly missed qualifying individually for the 100 freestyle — the event she captured gold at the 2016 Rio Games. 

At that time Oleksiak could have never predicted her next chapter would take her to Europe just weeks ahead of the Paris Olympics, but that's exactly what's now taking place.

Canada's most decorated Olympian is determined to qualify for the women's 100 freestyle event at the Paris Games —and has now made plans to make one last push to do so in Europe later this month.

CBC Sports has learned the seven-time Olympic medallist is going to compete in the annual Sette Colli International Meet in Rome the weekend of June 21-23. That is the final weekend of Olympic qualification. Spots are allocated based on time ranking.

Oleksiak will be accompanied by Swimming Canada staff as she looks to swim under the Olympic qualifying standard and qualify individually for the event in Paris. 

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The 23-year-old from Toronto has already been named to the Canadian team as part of the 4x100 relay team. She won the 100 freestyle event during the trials at the Pan Am Sports Centre in the middle of May, however, her time of 53.66 seconds was an agonizing .05 short of the qualifying standard. 

"I really want that individual spot, so I'm going to do everything I can to secure it," Oleksiak told CBC Sports after just missing the mark at trials. 

Oleksiak will have to swim below a time of 53.61 at the world aquatics sanctioned event