In the relay final, Coughlin began her anchor leg with a slim lead but could not hang on as Van Landeghem again denied the Americans.
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Now firing on all cylinders in preparation for next year’s Olympic Games, she swam to the top spot in the women’s 100 freestyle heat in 53.85 seconds and set a Pan Am record.
And they will have a decision to make with Zeeman – either keep her in the single boat or the women’s four, with which she will attempt to win another gold medal on Wednesday at the Royal Henley course.
“It’s kind of a special moment for me”, she said. Victoria Woo, a 17-year-old up-and-coming Canadian gymnast from La Prairie, Que., took home the bronze medal with a score of 13.650.
“I wasn’t sure because beam is not my strongest event”, Woo said.
“The athletes are probably feeling homesick, stressed”, said Margo Mackay, a handler of one of the dogs.
Team Canada’s Chef de Mission, Curt Harnett, has said that “For the first time ever in Pan Am history, we are able to field a women’s rugby sevens team and I can’t be more proud”.
Montreal’s Francis Luna-Grenier earned Canada’s first weightlifting medal of these Games with a bronze in the men’s 69-kilogram event.
Black’s triumph was a blow to a U.S. team that had topped the podium in every artistic gymnastics competition in Toronto, including the men’s all around title earlier on Monday.
“I wasn’t sure at the end”.
The results pushed Canada’s rowing total at the Games to nine – six gold, one silver and two bronze.
Cuban divers Jose Antonio Guerra and Jeinkler Aguirre starred a competitive milestone by winning the final of the synchronized platform with record of 439.14 points, surpassing by far the pairs of Canada (404.34) and Colombia (403.23). Canada will be guaranteed another badminton medal as Ottawa’s Andrew D’Souza won his men’s semifinal match.
Cuba staged a commendable performance in weightlifting by achieving two gold medals through Yoelmis Hernández (85 kg) and Addriel La O (77 kilos), and two other silver medals through Yadier Nunez (85) and Marina Rodriguez (63).
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Canada picked up a couple of silver medals in squash with both the men’s doubles and women’s doubles teams losing their final matches.
