Games-Mexico wins artistic swimming gold as US medal machine cranks up

Pan-Am Games - Santiago 2023 - Artistic Swimming - Centro Acuatico, Santiago, Chile - November 2, 2023 Mexico's Nuria Diosdado and Joana Jimenez perform during the Duets Free Routine REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

SANTIAGO (Reuters) - Mexico dazzled at the Pan American Games artistic swimming on Thursday as the United States medal machine moved back into high gear, powering past 200 - almost half of them gold.

Nuria Diosdado and Joana Jimenez, who won silver four years ago in Lima, upgraded to gold with the added bonus of an Olympic quota spot.