In a day affected by rains in the afternoon and evening, the 200m freestyle champion and silver medalist in the 400m freestyle contest, swam the women’s 100m in 55.57 seconds at the Merliot Aquatic Complex.

Gámez was followed by Mexico’s Athena Meneses, who clocked 56.39 seconds, and Cuba’s Andrea Becali (56.51) in the third place.

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