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Brazil’s Henrique Rodrigues upset two-time defending champion Thiago Pereira for the men’s 200-meter IM gold medal with a Pan American Games record.
Rodrigues clocked a personal-best time of 1:57.06 to beat his previous best of 1:57.37. That swim also lowered Pereira’s Pan American Games mark of 1:57.79 set back in 2007.
Rodrigues moved up to third in the world rankings with that scorcher.
Pereira wound up taking silver in a sizzling 1:57.42 to move to fifth in the world rankings.
That’s Pereira’s 22nd career Pan American Games medal overall, tying him with Cuban gymnast Erick Lopez for the most ever by an participant at the Pan American Games.
200 IM World Rankings
[table “” not found /]USA’s Gunnar Bentz snared bronze in 2:00.04, while Canada’s Evan White picked up fourth in 2:00.60.
USA’s Ty Stewart (2:01.83), Canada’s Luke Reilly (2:02.01), Colombia’s Omar Pinzon (2:02.98) and Venezuela’s Carlos Omana (2:03.02) finished fifth through eighth.
El Salvador’s Rafael Alfaro picked up the B final win in 2:02.55 with Mexico’s Jose Martinez second in 2:02.95.
Mexico’s Ezequiel Trujillo (2:04.83), Venezuela’s Juan Sequera (2:04.85), Paraguay’s Matias Lopez (2:04.94), Argentina’s Esteban Paz (2:06.52), Cuba’s Luis Vega (2:07.31) and Chile’s Felipe Quiroz (2:08.87) also swam in the consolation heat.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
- Women’s 800 free
- Women’s 200 IM
- Men’s 200 IM
- Men’s 1500 free
- Women’s 400 medley relay
- Men’s 400 medley relay