INDIANAPOLIS Costa Rican swimmer Silvia Poll, an unknown beforethe 10th Pan American Games, served notice she could be a force tocontend with at next summer's Olympics.
Poll, 16, swept to her third gold medal Tuesday, taking the100-meter backstroke in a Pan Am record-breaking time of 1:02.18, ahalf-second better than the existing mark. The silver and bronzemedal winners were Holly Green and Michelle Donahue of the UnitedStates.
Poll earlier won the 100-meter freestyle in a Pan Am record timeof 56.1 and also the 200-meter freestyle, becoming the first swimmerat the Games to take multiple gold.
Poll, born in Nicaragua of German parents, also helped pull …
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