Kunyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pashure pokuodzwa mwoyo paMitambo yeOlympic miviri yapfuura apo akakundikana kukwanirisa nokuda kwokupedzisira kwemamita 100, akava muCanada wokutanga kuita saizvozvo muchinoitika chinokwezva chokushambira chibviro chaDick Pound muna 1960. Akaenderera mberi kuhwina menduru yebronze yeCanada kumaOlympics eZhizha ra2012 mumamita zana akasununguka mushure mekutanga kwakasimba kwakamuisa mukukwikwidza menduru pakutendeuka. Ndarama nesirivha zvakaenda kuAmerican Nathan Adrian uye shasha yenyika James Magnussen weAustralia, nepo Hayden akarova Yannick Agnel naCésar Cielo wechitatu; menduru dzacho dzakapihwawo naDick Pound. Kunyange zvazvo akanga ari menduru yebronze chete, menduru yacho yakanga iri rudzikinuro nokuda kwaHayden, uyo akanga achifara zvikuru pakuwana menduru yeOlympic pakupedzisira. Nemenduru yake yeOlympic pakupedzisira iri muruoko rwake, akati "Pane nguva dzakawanda kwazvo apo unogona kurota chimwe chinhu asi miriyoni kubva pamamirioni uye imwe nguva hazvizoitiki. Ichi chakanga chiri chimwe chezvinhu chandaiva nerombo rakanaka kwazvo somunhu kuti chiitike kwandiri". Hayden akazivisa kurega kwake mutambo uyu mushure memakwikwi e4 × 100 metres medley relay
asi akati aitenda kuti chikwata chekuCanada chekushambira chaizobudirira mune ramangwana, achiti "Ndinofunga muchirongwa chikuru chezvinhu, nevanhu vatinavo, takaita basa rinoshamisa... Chero bedzi tikaramba tichivaka simba iroro, ndinofunga kuti tichaona kubudirira kunobva mumitambo yakasiyana-siyana".