Canada eclipses gold-medal count from 2011 Pan Am Games
Posted Jul 16, 2015 07:11:49 AM.
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It took just five days of competition at the 2015 Pan American Games for Canada to eclipse its gold-medal total from four years ago.
Canadian athletes won eight more gold medals on Wednesday, giving the host nation 33 overall.
Canada won 30 gold medals total over 16 days at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico.
The United States took the lead in the overall medal standings with 85 medals to Canada’s 83, which includes a disputed swimming silver in the men’s 4×200 relay.
Canada still leads in the gold-medal race, five ahead of the U.S.
Brazil was third in the medal standings with 54, while Cuba and Colombia were third in the gold-medal standings at 16 apiece.
Halifax gymnast Ellie Black and Canada’s rowing and swimming teams contributed multiple gold medals Wednesday, while Calgary shooter Lynda Kiejko won her second gold of the Games.
Black won gold in the women’s balance-beam competition and the floor exercise, giving her five medals in five events.
Black nailed her balance-beam routine with a score of 15.050 at the highest difficulty level. After her floor exercise routine that got her a score of 14.400, she blew kisses to the crowd at Ricoh Coliseum as fans roared and waved Canadian flags.
Earlier in the Games, the 19-year-old won gold in the all-around, bronze in the vault and helped Canada earn silver in the team event.
“This was more than I expected, this has been incredible,” Black said. “The support here has been amazing. I was so proud of our team coming in silver, and individually in my finals I was not expecting half of this. So thank you to everyone.”
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-Cambridge’s Carling Zeeman won her second gold in rowing
-University of Guelph student Evan Van Moerkerke captured silver in the men’s 4 x 100 freestyle relay
