Winning medals, qualifying for next summer's Olympics, competing for the first time in a multi-sport Games, competing for the first time in that environment without COVID-19 restrictions and getting in a dress rehearsal for the Paris Games were among the Canadians' many goals and objectives in Santiago, Chile.
What that added up to was Canada's 164 medals, including 46 gold, to surpass the 152 and 35 of four years ago in Lima, Peru. "It's a challenging environment for different reasons. It's re-creating the pressure of delivering at the moment, delivering in challenging conditions sometimes. All of that's been tested on different fronts. If it was easy, we'd be up there with the States."
But for paddler Katie Vincent, who won C2 gold with Sloan MacKenzie, the Pan Ams were a quality measuring stick because of the strength of field in sprint canoe. "I've been proud to be a Canadian kind of my whole life and it felt like a moment of 'Oh, Canada is proud of me too,'" Kim said. Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ont., emerged from the pool with a chest plate of medals — a Canadian-record five gold and seven in total.
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