SANTIAGO — Maggie Mac Neil hit the motherlode in Santiago, Chile. The swimmer's fifth gold medal Wednesday was the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan American Games. The 23-year-old from London, Ont.
The swimmer's fifth gold medal Wednesday was the most by a Canadian athlete at a single Pan American Games.
Her fifth trip to the top of the Pan Am podium surpassed the four gold by swimmer Jessica Deglau , table tennis player Lijuan Geng and gymnast Ernestine Russell-Carter . Also in Wednesday's five-medal final, Canadian women finished one-two in the 200 individual medley. Sydney Pickrem of Halifax claimed her second medley gold ahead of silver medallist Harvey.After winning the men's 200 individual medley, Finley Knox of Okotoks, Alta., joined Toronto's Javier Acevedo, Gabriel Mastromatteo of Kenora, Ont., and Saskatoon's Blake Tierney in a bronze-medal effort in the medley relay.
The reigning Olympic champion in the women's 100 butterfly then claimed gold in that distance Sunday in Pan Am Games record time. "Once the 100 fly was over, I really wanted that title and that was the only thing I was really thinking going into the meet," Mac Neil said."Because it was my first time swimming freestyle internationally, I felt relaxed anyway. I had nothing really to lose.
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