{"id":143876,"date":"2015-07-15T17:22:05","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=143876"},"modified":"2015-07-15T17:37:31","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T00:37:31","slug":"thiago-simon-smokes-200-breast-pan-american-games-mark-thiago-pereira-collects-20th-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/thiago-simon-smokes-200-breast-pan-american-games-mark-thiago-pereira-collects-20th-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Thiago Simon Smokes 200 Breast Pan American Games Mark, Thiago Pereira Collects Record 20th Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brazil’s Thiago Simon<\/strong> demolished the Pan American Games record in the men’s 200-meter breast as no one could touch him in finals.<\/p>\n

Simon won in 2:09.82, downing Sean Mahoney<\/strong> and Jorge Murillo’s<\/strong> shared mark of 2:11.62 at the Pan Am Games. \u00a0Simon broke his personal best of 2:10.58, and moved up to 15th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Richard Funk<\/strong> kept on adding medals to the squad with a silver-winning time of 2:11.51.<\/p>\n

Brazil’s Thiago Pereira<\/strong> earned his record 20th career Pan American Games medal with a bronze-winning time of 2:11.93. That total broke a tie with\u00a0Gustavo Borges for the most by a swimmer at the Games.<\/p>\n

USA’s BJ Johnson<\/strong> (2:12.19), Colombia’s Murillo (2:12.71), Venezuela’s Carlos Claverie<\/strong> (2:13.22), Mexico’s Miguel De Lara<\/strong> (2:14.11) and Colombia’s Carlos Mahecha<\/strong> (2:15.25) also battled in the A final.<\/p>\n

USA’s Brad Craig<\/strong> destroyed the B final down the stretch as he won with a 2:14.04 to win by more than a second.<\/p>\n

Mexico’s Miguel Chavez<\/strong> took second in the consolation heat with a 2:15.19, while Canada’s James Dergousoff<\/strong> placed third in 2:15.31.<\/p>\n

Venezuela’s Juan Sequera<\/strong> (2:17.23), Argentina’s Facundo Miguelena<\/strong> (2:17.65), Bahamas’ Dustin Tynes<\/strong> (2:18.14), Argentina’s Rodrigo Frutos<\/strong> (2:18.48) and Aruba’s Jordy Groters<\/strong> (2:18.55) also participated in the B final.<\/p>\n

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