(Santiago Chile) Maggie Mac Neil won her fourth gold medal at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, on Tuesday, helping Canada continue its medal haul in the pool.
MacNeil finished her games by winning the 50-meter freestyle, tying with American Gabi Albiero, in 24.84 seconds.
“I’m happy to get the tie win. It’s still new to freestyle internationally for me, said Mac Neil. The good thing is that this is obviously one of my weaker events – I miss the extra length. So I’m really happy [with the result]. »
This victory gave Mac Neil his sixth medal (four gold, one silver and one bronze) in seven events.
The four gold charms tie a record for a Canadian swimmer at the Pan American Games, set by Jessica Deglau in 1999.
In gymnastics, Quebecer Félix Dolci was decorated with gold on floor. Zachary Clay won the pommel horse event and Jayson Rampersad took second place on the podium.
Dolci thus won his second gold medal of the Games and third overall. On Monday, he became the first Canadian gymnast to win the all-around at the Pan American Games in 60 years.
Canada won the women’s coxed eight in rowing to open competition Tuesday at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.
The Canadian eight made up of Alizée Brien (Val-David), Kendra Hartley (Calgary), Olivia McMurray (Red Deer, Alberta), Parker Illingworth (Seattle), Abby Spiers (Victoria), Shaye De Paiva (Calgary), Abigail Dent (Kenora, Ont.), Leia Till (Potomac, Md.) and coxswain Kristen Kit (St. Catharines, Ont.) dominated the 2000m race from start to finish in six minutes and 10 .7 seconds.
The United States finished in second place in 6:14.17, while host nation Chile rounded out the podium in 6:17.78.
It was Canada’s third medal in rowing at the Pan American Games in Santiago. Dent and McMurray took silver in the coxless pair, while Brien, Hartley, Illingworth and De Paiva took bronze in the coxless quadruple on Monday.
Kit was coxswain when Canada won gold in the women’s eight for the first time in 29 years at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. She was also coxswain’ for the Canadian boat in the A final of the mixed eight on Wednesday.
