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Oct 21, 2023 | 9:04 AM
SANTIAGO, Chile — Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren of Orillia, Ont., has won Canada’s first gold medal at the Pan American Games.
Holmgren took the men’s cross-country race in Santiago, Chile, in a time of one hour 17 minutes 59 seconds Saturday.
The 24-year-old Canadian beat Chilean silver medallist Martin Vidaurre Kossman by 53 seconds.
Jose Gabriel Marques De Almeida of Brazil was over two minutes back of Holmgren for the bronze medal.
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