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HALIFAX STANFIELD AIRPORT<\/strong>: Sloan MacKenzie feels like she’s living in a dream and hasn’t woken up yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n That’s the feeling the Windsor Junction product has as she tries to digest the fact that she is an Olympic bronze medallist having teamed with Katie Vincent in the C-2, 500 metres to grab the bronze medal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n MacKenzie returned home after a post-Olympic vacation in Europe following Paris 2024 to a cheering welcome home from friends and family at Halifax Stanfield Airport.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She told media that were on hand she’s still trying to take in her and Vincent’s accomplishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I feel like I still have to take it all in,” she said. “I still have to watch all the videos and photos.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n ADVERTISEMENT<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate group=”6″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n [adrotate banner=”31″]<\/p>\n\n\n\n MacKenzie was shocked to see the crowd of about 20-30 people with Canadian flags waving and cheers erupting as she walked out from behind the International flights doors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I did not expect anyone to be here,” said MacKenzie with a chuckle. “I was just going to wait for my boyfriend who’s on a different flight 40 minutes behind me so he could drive me home.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n “I am in awe in every one here and the support.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n Check out the welcome home she received in our video story:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Video sponsored by Dave Murray’s McDonald’s (Lealin Inc.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n Video shot by Matt Dagley<\/p>\n\n\n\n VIDEO<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n