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The 34-year-old U.S. marathon swimmer Ashley Twichell was ready to retire after a frustrating seventh place finish at the Tokyo Olympics. Twichell finished the 10-kilometer race in Santiago in 1 hour, 57 minutes, 16.4 seconds.
The United States was back racking up Pan American gold on Sunday while problems mounted for organisers and officials after an embarrassing gaffe in the race walk and trouble at venues. Hosting their biggest sporting event since the 1962 World Cup, Santiago organisers spent the first week dismissing concerns of ongoing construction and operational lapses as they soaked up praise and dreamy talk of hosting a future Olympics. But Pan Am officials were in full damage control mode on Sunday as opera