She was already making history as part of the first-ever Women’s Standup Paddleboard field as the sport made its Pan Am Games debut Friday in Lima, Peru.
And Coldstream’s Lina Augaitis came oh-so-close to reaching the podium in the historic event.
As it is, Augaitis goes down in the book as the fourth-place finisher in the first-ever medal final.
Augaitis, a multiple world champion in the sport, covered the Pan Am Games course in 34 minutes 40.2 seconds, finishing two seconds behind the bronze-medal winner, Mariecarmen Rivera of Puerto Rico, who finished in 34:38.0.
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Brazil’s Lena Guimaraes won the gold in the 33:25.7. American Candice Appleby won silver in 34:03.3.
Vernon’s Cassandra Brown and Team Canada begin women’s basketball action on Tuesday.
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To date, Canada has 72 medals, 17 gold, 33 silver, 22 bronze.
Coldstream’s Jacob Brayshaw will compete for Canada in swimming at the ParaPan American Games in Lima starting Aug. 23.
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