The Canadian Pan Am team had 54 gold medals, 49 silver and 41 bronze as of Monday afternoon.
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Still holding steady atop both the gold medal and overall leader boards is the US, whose athletes have accumulated 169 total podium places, 65 of which are gold.
Rhythmic gymnast Patricia Bezzoubenko of Thornhill, Ont., won her silver medal in the clubs competition, and Canada later added a bronze in the clubs/hoops group competition. American Jasmine Kerber took bronze with a score of 15.833.
Bezzoubenko won five gold medals for Canada at the Commonwealth Games previous year in Glasgow. Plum, who returned from right-knee surgery in order to make the team, scored seven points in 17 minutes during the USA’s 93-77 quarterfinal win against Puerto Rico on Saturday.
“I hope I can learn from these competitions and go forward and do my best”, Bezzoubenko said.
Canadian ballers take their shot against the U.S.
Canada’s best finish at a Pan Am Games was silver in 1999 in Winnipeg.
With temperatures again nudging into the mid-30s Celsius (95 Fahrenheit), Canada got the day off to a sizzling start with Evan Dunfee winning the men’s 20km race walk ahead of compatriot Inaki Gomez, while Mexico’s Maria Gonzalez took the women’s title.
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The high point of the day for Canada came on the trampoline, where 2012 Olympic champion Rosie MacLennan successfully defended her Pan Am gold and Keegan Soehn won the men’s.
