SANTIAGO, Nov 1 (Reuters) - It was a deja vu double celebration for Chile at the Pan American Games on Wednesday as Martina Weil powered to women's 400 metre gold and the men's soccer team took a 1-0 win from the United States.
The gold on back-to-back nights at the Estadio Nacional, where the 1962 World Cup final was played, were joyous achievements but it is a double opportunity at soccer gold that really has Chilean hearts pounding.
The Chilean men have never won Pan Am Games gold and only once before, in 1987, appeared in the final losing to Brazil while the women have never before got to the semi-finals.
Andrea Vargas gave Costa Rica their first gold of the Games successfully defending her 2019 Pan Am title in the 100m hurdles while Brazil's Eduardo Rodrigues won the men's.
Led by double Olympic champion McLain Ward the U.S. won the equestrian team jumping gold ahead of Canada and Brazil.
Persons:
SANTIAGO, Martina Weil, Santiago Adolfo Ford, Cesar Perez's, Weil, Brazil's Lucas Conceicao, Deanna Price, Andrea Vargas, Pan, Brazil's Eduardo Rodrigues, McLain Ward, United States Andrew Doddo, Venezuela's Eliecer Jose Parra, Argentina's Clara Isabel Di Tella, Olivia Fiechter, Amanda Sobhy Peru's Diego Elias, Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez, Tyler Berger, Zane Richards, Mason Parris, Kyle Snyder, Steve Keating, Robert Birsel
Organizations:
Pan American Games, Estadio Nacional, Pan Am, Brazil, FIFA, Argentina, South, Pan, Costa Rica, Games, U.S, Paris, Canada, Mexico, Thomson
Locations:
Chile, United States, Brazil, Mexico, Chilean, Uruguay, Paraguay, Spain, Portugal, Morocco, United, Costa, Canada, Paris, U.S, Santiago