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Cooking Culinary Adventure: inspired by Halifax's Seaport Market | SaltWire #cooking #cookingshortsSANTIAGO - Canada denied host Chile a golden start to the Pan American Games on Saturday by sweeping the gold medals in the cross-country mountain bike and leaving brother and sister Martin and Catalina Kossmann to settle for silver.
A little over an hour later Jenn Jackson made it double gold for Canada with an even more emphatic victory, crossing nearly three minutes in front of Catalina Kossmann. "There’s just that little bit of , seeing one of your friends, someone you grew up riding with achieve the best result they could here. It just made me believe it’s my turn."
Organisers have boasted that ticket sales for the two-week multi-sport competition have been brisk but on Day One attendance was sparse around Parque Estadio Nacional, the sprawling main competition hub and venue for 14 events.
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