TORONTO Fabinho Brazil Jersey , July 15 (Xinhua) -- Canada has already surpassed its gold medal total from the 2011 Pan American Games, and it's only day five.
Canada added eight more gold medals Wednesday at Toronto 2015 Pan Am Games, bringing its tally to 33 with a combined 83 medals to remain atop the standings, while the United States took home 86 medals including 28 gold.
Already a three-time medalist at these Games, Canadian gymnast Ellie Black took home two more gold medals Elias Brazil Jersey , in the women's floor and balance-beam event, to give her five medals (three gold, one silver, one bronze) in five events.
"This was more than I expected, this has been incredible. The support here has been amazing Ederson Brazil Jersey , I'm was so proud of our team coming in silver, and individually in my finals I was not expecting half of this," Black said following her gold in the women's floor event.
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Lynda Kiejko, of Calgary, won the gold medal in the women's 25-meter pistol event. Kiejko also won gold in the women's 10-meter air pistol on Sunday.
Kierra Smith and Hilary Caldwell led Canada to a pair of one-two finishes in the swimming competition. Smith won gold in the 200-meter women's breaststroke in a Pan Am record time of two minutes 24.38 seconds. Toronto's Martha McCabe finished 0.13 seconds back to take silver.
Caldwell Douglas Costa Brazil Jersey , from White Rock B.C., set a Pan Am record in the 200 backstroke, winning in 2:08.22. Dominique Bouchard of North Bay, Ontario, was second in 2:09.74.
In an unexpected move Diego Souza Brazil Jersey , four Cuban rowers have defected to the United States during the Pan Am Games, according to the team's coach Juan Carlos Reyes. The coach said Leosmel Ramos, Wilber Turro, Manuel Suarez and Orlando Sotolongo have left the team and traveled south across the border.
There are more than 150 Cuban athletes at the Pan Am Games, competing in a range