CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Ethan Katzberg has struck gold once more in the menB次元官网网址檚 hammer throw at the Pan American Games on Saturday in Santiago, Chile.

The 21-year-old from Nanaimo, set a Pan Am Games record with a throw of 80.96 metres to emerge as champion. Americans Daniel Haugh (77.62) and Rudy Winkler (76.65) earned silver and bronze, respectively.

The gold only adds to KatzbergB次元官网网址檚 breakout 2023 campaign. He won the world title in Budapest, Hungary, in August, becoming the first Canadian man to reach the podium in the event at a world championship.

His Canadian record of 81.25 metres was good to defeat reigning Olympic champion Wojciech Nowicki of Poland. Katzberg also won the national title in July in Langley.

ParksvilleB次元官网网址檚 Alycia Butterworth won a silver medal in the womenB次元官网网址檚 3,000-metre steeplechase at the Pan Am Games in Santiago, Chile on Saturday, Nov. 4.

Butterworth, a Ballenas Secondary School graduate and former member of the Oceanside Track and Field Club, completed the course in a time of nine minutes, 40.86 seconds, 1:39 behind eventual winner, Adaluz Belen Cassetta of Argentina, who set a Games record at 9:39.47.

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Two of her former coaches in Parksville, Kim and Randy Longmuir, watched ButterworthB次元官网网址檚 race live and they were thrilled to see her earn silver.

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Also in athletics, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Jean-Simon Desgagn茅s earned himself a gold Saturday in the menB次元官网网址檚 3,000 metres steeplechase with a time of eight minutes 30.14 seconds.

The 25-year-old from Saint-Ferreol-les-Neiges, Que., outdid American Daniel Michalski (8:36.47) and ColombiaB次元官网网址檚 Carlos San Martin (8:41.59), who earned silver and bronze, respectively.

Meanwhile, dancer Philip Kim made history winning the first-ever Pan Am Games gold medal in menB次元官网网址檚 breaking, in addition to earning an Olympic berth.

The 26-year-old from Vancouver, known as B-Boy Phil Wizard in break dancing circles, defeated Jeff (B-Boy Jeffro) Louis of the United States 3-0 in the final battle.

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Breaking made its Pan Am Games debut in Santiago, Chile. The sport will also be an Olympic event for the first time in Paris next year.

Earlier Saturday, CanadaB次元官网网址檚 paddlers continued their medal haul with a gold, silver and two bronze.

Katie Vincent and Sloan MacKenzie were victorious in the womenB次元官网网址檚 C2 500 metres Saturday in San Pedro de la Paz, southwest of Santiago, Chile.

Canada capped the canoe and kayak competition with nine medals B次元官网网址� four gold, two silver and three bronze B次元官网网址� ahead of Argentina with seven medals, including two gold.

Nicholas Matveev, Pierre-Luc Poulin, Laurent Lavigne and Simon McTavish were silver medallists in the menB次元官网网址檚 K4 500 metres behind Argentina.

Courtney Stott and Madeleine Schmidt took bronze in the womenB次元官网网址檚 K2 500. Connor Fitzpatrick was also a bronze medallist in menB次元官网网址檚 C1 1,000.

Vincent of Mississauga, Ont., earned an Olympic bronze medal with Laurence Vincent Lapointe in Tokyo just over two years ago when womenB次元官网网址檚 canoeing was part of the Olympic program for the first time.

Also Saturday, Keegan Soehn and Remi Aubin were silver medallists in synchronized menB次元官网网址檚 trampoline.

CanadaB次元官网网址檚 Brock Hoel, Emy Legault, Liam Donnelly and Dominka Jamnicky earned bronze in the mixed team triathlon. The womenB次元官网网址檚 softball team defeated Mexico 7-0 for bronze.

The Pan American Games close Sunday. Canada is currently ranked third in overall medals and fourth in gold among 34 participating countries from the Americas and Caribbean.

The Canadian Press, with a file from Michael Briones