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Competing in the S6 category, Vargas broke Pan American Games records in every single event she won gold, winning the 50 fly (40.48), 100 back (1:33.03), 50 free (35.73) and 100 free (1:17.00). She took silver in the 400 free behind Mexico&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Vianney Trejo\u00a0<\/strong>with a 5:39.71 while Trejo was a 5:38.30 to break the Games record by 23 seconds.<\/p>\n<p>Vargas&#8217; best performance came in the 50 free, where she won gold over Brazil&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Laila Suzigan\u00a0<\/strong>and got within three seconds of the world record of 32.78 held by\u00a0<strong>Yelyzaveta Mereshko\u00a0<\/strong>of the Ukraine. She won by a second and a half over Suzigan.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Congratulations to Sara Vargas on earning ZUMO\u2019s Performance of the Week!<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zumousa.com\/pages\/team\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"347181\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/zumo-performance-of-the-week-annie-lazor-has-big-swims-in-knoxville\/zumo-300x50-d3-1118\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"300,250\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy:&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg\" class=\"wp-image-347181 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg\" alt=\"ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118.jpg 300w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118-240x200.jpg 240w, https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/ZUMO-300X50-d3-1118-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>12-year-old\u00a0Sara Vargas\u00a0of Colombia was the youngest competitor at the 2019 Para Pan American Games in Lima, winning five gold medals and a silver. 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