Pan Am Games Lima 2019: Ellie Black to be Canadian flag-bearer at the closing ceremony
Rajan Nath
August 12th 2019 10:09 AM
All-round gymnast Ellie Black richly deserved to be the flag bearer of Canada at the closing ceremony of the Pan Am Games Lima 2019. And she was rightly chosen so. Becoming the first woman to win back-to-back individual all-around titles at the Pan American Games is one of the many records Ellie Black proudly accomplished at Lima 2019. However, when she flew back home to Nova Scotia mid-Games following the artistic gymnastics competition, little did she know her proudest moment was still to come.
The Canadian Olympic Committee (COC) officially announced on Sunday that Black will lead the Canadian delegation as the Closing Ceremony flag bearer, capping off her exceptional run at Lima 2019.
- Day 3: Equestrian – Dressage Team
- Day 5: Artistic Swimming – Duet
- Day 5: Artistic Swimming – Team
- Day 12: Equestrian – Jumping Team
- Day 14: Water Polo – Women’s Team
- Day 14: Sailing – Men’s 49er
- Day 16: Archery – Men’s Individual Recurve
- Taekwondo has a most successful day in Canadian Pan American Games history, winning three silvers and one bronze medal;
- Equestrian dressage team claims Canada’s first dressage team gold in 28 years;
- Ellie Black the first woman to win back-to-back individual all-around titles at the Pan American Games;
- Cody Young first-ever Canadian to compete in surfing in the Pan American Games (sports debut);
- Triathlon mixed relay team climbs Pan American Games podium for the first time (discipline debut);
- Ellie Black becomes Canada’s all-time leader in gymnastics medals won (nine) at the Pan American Games;
- Ellie Black becomes first Canadian gymnast to win five Pan American Games gold medals;
- Waterski team sets Canadian record by winning 10 medals at one Pan American Games;
- Eight squash medals break Canadian Pan American Games record (6 – 2015, 2011, 2003, 1995);
- Lois Betteridge and Keenan Simpson first-ever Canadians to compete in extreme canoe/kayak – slalom at Pan American Games (discipline debut);
- Kelsey Mitchell posts Pan American Games record in the 200m sprint (track cycling) with a time of 10.890;
- Maggie Coles-Lyster and Miriam Brouwer win Canada’s first-ever medal (silver) in the Madison (discipline debut);
- Sara Groenewegen (softball) throws a perfect game in Canada’s 8-0 win over Venezuela;
- Natasha Wodak breaks Pan American Games record in the women’s 10,000m with a time of 31:55.17;
- Canada’s women’s field hockey team advances to a Pan American Games final for the first time since 1991;
- Brittany Crews throws 19.07m to break her own Canadian record;
- Fencing sets Canadian Pan American Games record for most medals won in one Game with nine;
- Marco Arop breaks Pan American record and sets personal best with a time of 1:44.25 in the men’s 800m;
- Geneviève Lalonde sets a Pan American record of 9:41.45 in the women’s 3000m steeplechase.