Maggie Mac Neil makes Pan Am Games history for Canada with 5th swimming gold in Chile
Canada's victory in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay on Wednesday was the fifth gold medal in Santiago, Chile for Maggie Mac Neil, who passed fellow swimmer Jessica Deglau (1999) and two others for most gold medals by a Canadian at a single Pan Am Games.
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![Maggie Mac Neil of London, Ont., shows off the seven medals she has earned at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile, a Canadian record. Her five gold at a single Games is also a national mark, surpassing the four collected by fellow swimmer Jessica Deglau, table tennis player Lijuan Geng and gymnast Ernestine Russell-Carter. Canadian women's athlete poses with the seven medals she has collected in competition at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile.](https://i.cbc.ca/1.7008290.1698273080!/fileImage/httpImage/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/16x9_620/mac-neil-maggie-medal-haul-231025-1180.jpg)
Canada's victory in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay on Wednesday was the fifth gold medal in Santiago, Chile for Maggie Mac Neil, who passed fellow swimmer Jessica Deglau (1999) and two others for most gold medals by a Canadian at a single Pan Am Games.