Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Pashure pokuodzwa mwoyo paMitambo yeOlympic miviri yapfuura apo akakundikana kukwanirisa nokuda kwokupedzisira kwemamita 100, akava muCanada wokutanga kuita saizvozvo muchinoitika chokushambira chinokwezva chibviro chaDick Pound muna 1960. Akaenderera mberi kuhwina menduru yebronze yeCanada kumaOlympics eZhizha ra2012 mu
100 m freestyle pashure pokutanga kwakanaka kwakamuisa mumakwikwi emenduru 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-metre medley relay kumaOlympics asi akati anotenda muchikwata chekushambira cheCanada kuti chibudirire mune ramangwana, achiti "Ndinofunga muchirongwa chikuru chezvinhu, nevanhu vatinavo, taita basa rinoshamisa... Chero bedzi tikaramba tichivaka simba iri, ndinofunga tichaona kubudirira kwakawanda kunobva mumitambo yakasiyana-siyana. "