Argentina and Brazil split soccer golds, Cuba started to dominate in boxing and the US won most of the medals in swimming at the Pan American Games.
Brazil played for gold Friday in both the men's and women's soccer finals, but Argentina took the men's title 1-0 while Brazil topped Canada 2-1 in extra time for the women's title.
Striker Maximiliano Lopez scored for the Argentine men, who won the gold for the seventh time. Cristiane Silva scored a golden goal just 21 seconds into extra time for the Brazilian women.
"I was simply in the right place at the right time," Silva said before chanting, "Beautiful Brazil! Beautiful Brazil!"
Miraildes Mota gave Brazil a 1-0 lead, but Canada captain Kristina Kiss equalized.
The match was postponed from Thursday, when heavy rain left the pitch waterlogged and unplayable after 24 minutes.
Mexico won both bronze medals. The Mexican men beat Colombia 5-4 in a penalty shootout after a 0-0 draw, and the women topped Argentina 4-1.
Cuba took four of six boxing golds with Yan Bartelemi, Guillermo Rigondeaux, Mario Kindelan and Lorenzo Aragon each winning. In the other two bouts, Cubans lost to Rudecindo Goben of Mexico and Jason Estrada of the US.
In the swimming pool, the US also won four of the six gold medals offered. American Michael Raab won the men's 200m butterfly in 1 minute, 57.33 seconds, a Pan American Games record, while Peter Marshall won the men's 100m backstroke in 55.52.
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