Maggie Mac Neil added a Pan American Games gold medal to her Olympic gold in the women's 100-metre butterfly Sunday.
The 23-year-old from London, Ont., set a Pan Am Games record of 56.94 seconds. The Canadian led at the turn and beat runner-up Kelly Pash of the United States by just under a second.
Canada now has eight gold medals, 5 silver and six bronze for a total of 19. Only the U.S. and Mexico have more gold medals. The 24-year-old's time of one minute 58.08 bested Brazilian silver medallist Marie Silva Da Costa's time of 1:58.12. Also, Winnipeg's Skylar Park captured taekwondo gold in the women's 57-kg class. The oldest of three Park siblings competing in the sport in Santiago, Park defeated Brazil's Maria Clara Pacheco in the final bout.
"Honestly, I think that was the craziest race I've ever raced," said Simpson, who was the U-23 women's bronze medallist at the 2022 UCI BMX Racing World Championships. "Came out of lane five and decent start, just tried to get over but there was carnage, people were hitting tires and it was just crazy.
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