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USA’s Katie Meili had just too much in the tank as she overtook Jamaica’s Alia Atkinson down the stretch for the women’s 100-meter breaststroke gold at the Pan American Games.
Meili, who threw down a Pan American Games record of 1:05.64 in prelims, won in 1:06.26 tonight. Meili’s time in prelims put her second in the world rankings.
Atkinson wound up taking silver in 1:06.59 to break her Jamaican record of 1:06.79 and move to fifth in the world rankings.
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[table “” not found /]Canada’s Rachel Nicol took bronze overall in 1:07.91, while teammate Tera Van Beilen placed fourth in 1:08.22.
USA’s Annie Lazor (1:08.72), Brazil’s Beatriz Travalon (1:09.23) and Argentina’s Julia Sebastian (1:09.83) finished fifth through seventh.
Brazil’s Jhennifer Conceicao was disqualified.
Argentina’s Macarena Ceballos won the B final going away with a time of 1:09.03. Mexico’s Esther Gonzalez finished second in 1:10.54, while Venezuela’s Mercedes Toledo took third in 1:10.90.
Mexico’s Arantxa Medina (1:11.32), Bermudas’ Lisa Blackburn (1:14.45), Peru’s Paula Tamashiro (1:14.84), Bahamas’ Laura Morley (1:15.20) and Suriname’s Evita Leter (1:15.38) also swam in the B final.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 100 back
- Men’s 100 back
- Women’s 400 free
- Men’s 400 free
- Women’s 100 breast
- Men’s 100 breast
- Women’s 50 free
- Men’s 50 free