Canada’s Cochrane wins gold in men’s 1,500 metres at Pan Am Games

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Canada\'s Ryan Cochrane celebrates his gold medal win in the men\'s 1,500-metre freestyle swimming final at the 2015 Pan Am Games in Toronto on Saturday, July 18, 2015. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Canadian swimmer Ryan Cochrane won the gold medal in the men’s 1,500-metre freestyle Saturday at the Pan American Games.

Cochrane set a new Pan Am record by winning in a time of 15 minutes 6.40 seconds.

Andrew Gemmell of U.S was second in 15:90.92 and Brandonn Almeida of Brazil was third in 15:11.70.

It’s the second gold of the Games for Victoria native Cochrane, who won the men’s 400 freestyle on Friday.

Canada ended up with four medals in the pool Saturday.

The women’s 4×100 medley relay team took silver, while Sydney Pickrem earned a bronze medal in the women’s 200 individual medley and the men’s 4×100 relay added another bronze.

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