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Colombian swimmer Omar Pinzon won the 200m backstroke gold medal at the South American swimming championship in Brazil Wednesday.
The man from Bogota notched up a time of 1 min 59.67 sec in the final, breaking a championship record held for 12 years by Brazilian Rogerio Aoki Romero.
Although seven Colombians qualified for finals in various disciplines, Pinzon was the only one to have taken a medal at the end of the first day.
