TORONTO -- Canadian sprint phenom Andre De Grasse added his third gold medal of the Pan American Games, helping the men's 4x100-metre relay team to victory.
De Grasse, who won both the 100 and 200 at Pan Ams, ran the second leg and along with Gavin Smellie, Brendon Rodney and Aaron Brown crossed in a Pan Am Games record 38.06 seconds.
The United States was second in 38.27 seconds and Brazil third in 38.68.
The Canadian team had to spend a few nerve-wracking moments after the race to see if the result held up. The Americans filed a protest saying Rodney stepped out of his lane during a baton exchange, but the protest was denied.
Elsewhere, Derek Drouin of Corunna, Ont., won the men's high jump with a leap of 2.37 metres. Teammate Mike Mason of Nanoose Bay, B.C., was second with a jump of 2.31 metres. Donald Thomas of the Bahamas won bronze at 2.28 metres.
Earlier, Canada's Nicole Sifuentes and Sasha Gollish captured silver and bronze in the women's 1,500.
Sifuentes, a 29-year-old from Winnipeg, ran 4:09.13 seconds.
The 33-year-old Gollish, from Toronto, crossed in 4:10.11, despite running all but 150 metres with her shoe half off. Another runner had clipped the back of it near the start.
Muriel Coneo of Colombia won the gold, outkicking Sifuentes down the homestretch to finish in 4:09.05.
Canada's women's 4x100 relay of Crystal Emmanuel, Kim Hyacinthe, Jellisa Westney, and Khamica Bingham raced to bronze in a time of 43.00.
The Americans won in 42.55, followed by Jamaica (42.68).
