It was a deja vu double celebration for Chile at the Pan American Games on Wednesday as Martina Weil powered to women's 400 metre gold and the men's soccer team took a 1-0 win from the United States.
If that sounds familiar it is because only a night earlier, on Tuesday, Santiago Adolfo Ford had the home crowd on its feet roaring decathlon gold as the women's soccer team was advancing to the gold medal final, also at the expense of the United States.
Cesar Perez's 57th minute strike was enough to see the hosts through to Saturday's final as the Americans failed to register a shot on target the entire match.The Chilean women will face Mexico for gold on Friday. Co-hosts Spain, Portugal and Morocco will stage the majority of the tournament and the South American countries will host one game each.
Andrea Vargas gave Costa Rica their first gold of the Games successfully defending her 2019 Pan Am title in the 100m hurdles while Brazil's Eduardo Rodrigues won the men's.
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