It appears the '6ix God' has answered Penny Oleksiak’s prayers.
Canada’s newest Olympic superstar has been busy collecting all kinds of hardware at the pool, including gold on Thursday night in the women’s 100-metre freestyle at the 2016 Olympic Games.
But one thing the 16-year-old swimming phenom couldn’t get her hands on was a pair of coveted Drake concert tickets.
While in Rio, Oleksiak and her teammate and bronze medal winner Kylie Masse tried to buy tickets to Drake’s October concert in Toronto, but were unsuccessful in their attempt.
That was, of course, before Oleksiak became the most decorated Canadian Olympian at a Summer Games with four medals (and potentially more to come).
By Friday morning, it looked as if Oleksiak would score those tickets after all. Four Olympic medals in, she's a bona fide Toronto superstar herself and had many people offering her tickets to the Toronto rapper’s upcoming show, including his own people, tweeted Globe and Mail reporter Jeff Gray. “I am told @Drake's people will ensure gold-medallist @OleksiakPenny gets tickets to Toronto show in fall”
The Globe and Mail went on to report that a source close to the Toronto rapper said he would ensure that the 16-year-old swimmer received free tickets to his fall concert.
Along with Drake’s inner circle, the entertainment company LiveNation and Toronto radio station 93.5 The Move also said they would hook the young swimmer up with tickets.
Now, with those concert tickets out the way, Oleksiak can focus on collecting more bling in Rio.
Update: Oleksiak responded to Yahoo Sports Canada's tweet about this story, saying that she's, "Yet to accept anything so far but feeling so blessed!"
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