Penny Oleksiak still hopes to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
The seven-time Olympic medallist withdrew from the world swimming championships on June 1 due to injury. She said that she was originally sidelined after undergoing knee surgery to repair a torn meniscus in her knee but then suffered a compensatory injury to her shoulder.
It was the neurological issue with her shoulder that forced her to miss the world championships after competing in the Barcelona leg of the Mare Nostrum tour in May.
“It’s definitely just been a year of learning and it’s been fun to learn about my body and learn how to heal it quicker and everything,” said Oleksiak on Wednesday. “I’m just overcoming that injury now and slowly getting back into training and then leading up to 2024.”…