Vanderlei Lima and Marcia Narloch each started the day with a golden run through the streets of Santo Domingo. Hudson de Souza waited until after sundown to give Brazil its third win of the day in distance running at the Pan American Games.
De Souza, who also won the 5,000m, beat a pair of Americans on Saturday to take home the gold medal in the men's 1,500m, finishing in 3 minutes, 45.72 seconds.
"I'll celebrate my wins with samba," said De Souza, who won his first gold of the games Tuesday. "I already knew I had one medal. Now I've got two."
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Michael Stember of the US took silver in 3:46.31 and countryman Grant Robison got third in 3:46.68.
Lima and Narloch began the day several hours earlier, but crossed the finish line in the marathon with the same result.
Lima won the 42.2km men's race in 2:19:08. Narloch took gold on the women's side in 2:39:54.
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"The heat was devastating. Many of the girls were lagging behind," said Narloch, who finished in sixth place four years ago in Winnipeg. "But I trained hard for this and had hoped to win the gold."
Both Lima and Narloch are among the top long-distance runners in Brazil. Lima won the Sao Paulo marathon last year while Narloch took second. In the traditional St. Silvester 15km race, both finished in the top 10.
Brigitte Foster gave Jamaica its first gold medal of the games, winning the 100m hurdles by more than a second in 16.67. Canada's Felicien Perdita earned the silver medal in 17.70. Yunier Hernandez won the men's 110m hurdles in 13.35.
The US won the women's 4x100m and 4x400m relays, and the men's 4x100m while Jamaica edged the US at the tape in the 4x400m. The Dominican Republic, with Felix Sanchez running the anchor leg, got bronze.
Cuba swept the three medals in the men's triple jump with Yoandry Betanzo leading the way with a leap of 17.26m. Jadel Gregorio took the silver and Yoelvis Quesada was third.
Germaine Mason of Jamaica won the high jump, clearing 2.34 meters, while American Melissa Mueller won the women's pole vault with a height of 4.40.
In women's basketball, Cuba beat the US 75-64 in the gold-medal match. Brazil beat Canada 57-46 for the bronze.
Marcelo Rios of Chile will face Fernando Meligeni of Brazil on Sunday in the men's tennis final.
Rios, a former world No. 1, beat Alex Kim of the US 7-6 (9), 7-6 (4) while Meligeni topped Jose de Armas of Venezuela 6-4, 6-2.
On the women's side, Milagros Sequera of Venezuela will play Sarah Taylor of the US in Sunday's final.
Brazilians Bruna Colosio and Joana Cortez won the gold medal in women's doubles.
In men's soccer, Brazil clinched first place in Group B after beating Cuba 2-1, meaning it will not meet Argentina in Tuesday's semifinals. Argentina won Group A and will face Colombia, which downed Dominican Republic 4-1. Brazil will face Mexico.
On the baseball diamond, Cuba thrashed Dominican Republic 10-0 in eight innings to advance to the semifinals. The defeat eliminated the host nation.
Rommel Pacheco of Mexico took the gold in the men's platform diving, stopping Canada's Alexandre Despatie from winning his fourth gold. Despatie took the bronze.
Jason Parker of the US won the 50m rifle three position gold medal in shooting. American Randy Sotowa won the men's skeet.
In rowing, Cuba won three gold medals while Chile and Canada won one apiece.
Cubans took the men's lightweight double sculls, men's double sculls and men's lightweight fours. Chile won the men's lightweight coxless fours and Canada took the women's lightweight double sculls.
In judo, Cuba swept all four golds, two for the men and two for women.
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