{"id":144234,"date":"2015-07-16T17:03:56","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T00:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=144234"},"modified":"2015-07-16T17:03:56","modified_gmt":"2015-07-17T00:03:56","slug":"brandonn-almeida-delivered-400-im-gold-after-shocking-thiago-pereira-dq-at-pan-american-games","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/brandonn-almeida-delivered-400-im-gold-after-shocking-thiago-pereira-dq-at-pan-american-games\/","title":{"rendered":"Brandonn Almeida Delivered 400 IM Gold After Shocking Thiago Pereira DQ at Pan American Games"},"content":{"rendered":"

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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.<\/p>\n

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

That swim would have given\u00a0him a 22nd career medal, to tie\u00a0him with Cuban gymnast Erick Lopez<\/strong> for the most medals ever at the Pan American Games.<\/p>\n

That delivered the gold medal to Brazil’s Brandonn Almeida<\/strong> with a 4:14.47 for the win. \u00a0That time crushed him previous personal best of 4:15.82 to move to 15th in the world rankings.<\/p>\n

Canada’s Luke Reilly<\/strong> finished with silver in 4:16.16, while USA’s Max Williamson snared bronze in 4:16.91. \u00a0Williamson’s time is his first under 4:17.<\/p>\n

USA’s Michael Weiss<\/strong>, still battling finger issues, took fourth in 4:17.05.<\/p>\n

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

Venezuela’s Juan Sequera<\/strong> earned the B final victory in 4:24.97, while Mexico’s Juan Del Pino<\/strong> took second in 4:26.29.<\/p>\n

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

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