Pan Am Games - Canadians set two records, U.S. wins four golds in athletics

XVIII Pan American Games - Lima 2019 - Athletics -Men's 800m Final - Athletics Stadium, Lima, Peru - August 10, 2019. Canada's Marco Arop celebrates his gold medal finish. REUTERS/Ivan Alvarado

LIMA (Reuters) - Canadians Marco Arop and Genevieve Lalonde shattered Pan Am Games records and the United States won four gold medals as the track and field competition at the 17-day sporting gathering neared a close on Saturday.

Sudan-born Arop charged home in one minute, 44.25 seconds to win the 800 metres ahead of Puerto Rico's Wesley Vazquez (1:44.48) with both dropping under Cuban Yeimer Lopez's 10-year-old Games record of 1:44.58.