Paige Madden, the 23-year-old Olympic swimmer from Alabama, broke the 400-meter freestyle record of the Pan American Games to win the gold medal and boost the United States to the top of the medal chart in Chile on the first day of competition. Madden’s new record in the biggest multi-sports event of the Americas is 4 minutes, 06.
Brazil’s Rayssa Leal celebrates winning the women’s skateboarding street final at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023. Paige Madden of the United States celebrates after winning the gold medal for the women’s 400-meters freestyle at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Saturday, Oct. 21, 2023.
Madden’s new record in the biggest multi-sports event of the Americas is 4 minutes, 06.45 seconds, topping the mark set by Canada’s Emily Overholt at the games in Toronto in 2015 by almost two seconds. Canada’s victory gave swimmer Maggie Mac Neil, one of the stars of the games in Chile, her first gold, with more likely to come in her remaining six events. The Canadians beat the U.S. team by 0.67 seconds.
Mexican divers and Olympic medalists Gabriela Agúndez and Alejandra Orozco made a 1-2 in the 10-meter platform to confirm their regional dominance in the sport.
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