Kathleen Hersey of the United States won her third Pan American gold medal this Saturday with her standout swim in the 200m butterfly.
Hersey finished five seconds ahead of the field in 2:07.64 to break the Pan American Games record she set in Friday's semifinal. Chip Peterson also won gold and set a new Pan Am record in the 1500m freestyle and Team USA took home a total of five medals Saturday, increasing its overall total in the pool to 30 medals.
"I felt good in the water," Hersey said. "The crowd was going crazy and it helped me finish. This is my third medal and it's the most amazing experience I have ever experienced in swimming."
Courtney Kalisz finished behind Hersey in 2:12.75, winning silver in the 200m butterfly. Brazil's Daiene Dias won the bronze in 2:13.35.
In the men's 1500m freestyle, Peterson led the field throughout most of the race to win his first gold of the Games and set a Pan Am Games record in 15:12.33.
Peterson was the silver medalist in the Pan American Games' 10km open water event held one week ago at Copacabana Beach.
Ricardo Monasterio of Venezuela finished in 15:23.28 to win the 1500m freestyle silver and Canada's Kier Maitland swam a 15:25.28 for bronze. USA's Robert Margalis was fourth in 15:34.49.
Scott Spann became the third member of his family to win medal at the Pan American Games with his third place finish in the men's 200m breaststroke. His sister topped the women's 200m breaststroke at the 2003 Pan American Games while his father won a bronze medal at the 1979 Pan American Games.
Spann finished in 2:13.98. Brazil's Thiago Pereira won his sixth gold of the games in 2:13.51, edging out his teammate Henrique Barbosa, who won silver in 2:13.83.
Kaio Marcio Almeida set a Pan Am record to win gold in the 200m betterfly 1:55.45. Eddie Erazo captured the silver in 1:57.07, while Mexico's Juan Jose Veloz Davila finished third at 1:58.43.
Source: Xinhua
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