Brandonn Almeida Delivered 400 IM Gold After Shocking Thiago Pereira DQ at Pan American Games

Jul 16, 2015; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Brandonn Almeida of Brazil competes in the men's swimming 400m individual medley preliminary heats during the 2015 Pan Am Games at Pan Am Aquatics UTS Centre and Field House. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports

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A major disqualification stunned the crowd at the 2015 Pan American Games for the second straight 400-meter IM in a row.

Brazil’s Thiago Pereira initially looked to have threepeated in the men’s 400-meter IM before he was disqualified as he had clocked a 4:14.08.

That swim would have given him a 22nd career medal, to tie him with Cuban gymnast Erick Lopez for the most medals ever at the Pan American Games.

That delivered the gold medal to Brazil’s Brandonn Almeida with a 4:14.47 for the win. That time crushed him previous personal best of 4:15.82 to move to 15th in the world rankings.

Canada’s Luke Reilly finished with silver in 4:16.16, while USA’s Max Williamson snared bronze in 4:16.91. Williamson’s time is his first under 4:17.

USA’s Michael Weiss, still battling finger issues, took fourth in 4:17.05.

Canada’s Alec Page (4:18.61), Venezuela’s Carlos Omana (4:19.11) and Ecuador’s Tomas Peribonio (4:22.67) closed out the rest of the A final.

Venezuela’s Juan Sequera earned the B final victory in 4:24.97, while Mexico’s Juan Del Pino took second in 4:26.29.

Argentina’s Esteban Paz (4:26.83), Puerto Rico’s Christian Bayo (4:27.15), El Salvador’s Rafael Alfaro (4:27.40), Paraguay’s Matias Lopez (4:27.47), Cuba’s Luis Vega (4:28.18) and Costa Rica’s Esteban Araya (4:33.80) also swam in the consolation heat.

SCHEDULED EVENTS

Women’s 400 IM
Men’s 400 IM
Women’s 100 fly
Men’s 100 fly
Women’s 800 free relay

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