The beauty of the Olympics often comes in the form of the unexpected. Three years ago, after the Tokyo Olympics ended, it would have been hard to predict that Canada would go on to win gold medals in judo, hammer throw and breaking at Paris 2024 — yet that's exactly what happened. In the four years ahead of the Los Angeles Olympics, then, new star athletes will surely emerge for Canada.
In the meantime, here's a few Canadians that already appear on track to stardom in Hollywood: Summer McIntosh The 17-year-old walked away from Paris 2024 with a Canadian-record three gold medals, four total podium appearances and seemingly unlimited potential for Los Angeles. Future bright for 'golden age' of Canadian swimmers as focus shifts to Los Angeles 2028 Barring disaster, McIntosh appears in line to smash Penny Oleksiak and Andre De Grasse's shared national mark of seven career Olympic medals, but given her prolificness across multiple events in the pool — and with American legend Katie Ledecky having possibly swam in her final Olympics — it is not out of the question that McIntosh could earn that many medals in Los Angeles alone. Could McIntosh add the 200- or 800-metre freestyle races to her schedule in L.
A.? What if she improves in the sprint distances? In Paris, we witnessed the birth of Canada's next Olympic superstar. Her peak, though, is still ahead.
WATCH | Relive McIntosh's medal moments: Summer Gold: Signed, Sealed & Delivered 7 days ago Duration 1:53 At just 17 years o.