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TORONTO Authentic Niklas Hjalmarsson Jersey , July 16 (Xinhua) -- Six days into Toronto 2015 Pan American Games competition and Canada has yet to relinquish its spot atop the medal standings.


On Thursday, the Canadian team won five more gold medals, which gives them 38 total. The host nation has 97 medals overall while the runner-up, the United States Authentic Luke Schenn Jersey , has 96 medals including 34 gold.


In Thursday's women's badminton final, Chinese-Canadian Michelle Li defended her Pan Am champion with a 2-0 victory over fellow Canadian Rachel Honderich. Li's gold tops a six-medal performance from Canadian badminton team at Pan Am Games.


"It is tough to have to beat a friend," Li said. "To see her lose, it's not something I want. But I guess we're both mature enough to know that when we're on court Authentic Shane Doan Jersey , it's for yourself."


Li, who won gold four years ago at the 2011 Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, defeated Honderich 21-15 Authentic Clayton Keller Jersey , 21-9. Li and Honderich teamed up together to win doubles bronze earlier in the week.


"It's tough because we both know each other's games so well," Honderich said.


Canadian partners Gaby Dabrowski and Carol Zhao won a gold in tennis in the women's doubles event.


The Canadian men's and women's team sprint teams took double gold in the first day of track cycling at the Cisco Milton Pan AmParapan Am Velodrome.


Genevieve Morrison won Canada's fifth gold medal of the day in freestyle wrestling (48-kg event).


In the pool, a Canadian was disqualified at the women's 400-meter individual medley final for a "non-simultaneous" wall touch. Emily Overholt of West Vancouver appeared to win gold in a Pan Am record time of 4 minutes 35.33 seconds but officials ruled that her hands did not touch the wall at the same time during the breaststroke turn.


With Overholt disqualified, American Caitlin Leverenz finished first in 4:35.46 Jason Demers Jersey , Canada's Sydney Pickrem was second in 4:38.03 and Joanna Maranhao of Brazil placed third in 4:38.07.


Meanwhile, the fate of Peruvian swimmer Mauricio Fiol, the first athlete to test positive for a banned substance at the Pan Am Games, and the silver medal he won this week in the men's 200-meter butterfly will be determined over the next day or so.


Canadian swimmer Zack Chetrat may end up with the silver and teammate Alec Page the bronze after Fiol tested positive for the steroid Stanozolol following Tuesday's race.


But Fiol Alex Goligoski Jersey , who has been expelled from the Athletes Village and suspended from the Games on Thursday, denied taking any banned substance. "I am very sorry, this has been a tough day for me especially because I promote fair play," Fiol said at his own emotional Oliver Ekman-Larsson Jersey , hastily called news conference. "I apologize to my friends, my family and my country."


Fiol's performance at the Pan Am Games had qualified him for Rio 2016 Olympics. He has 48 hours to challenge the result of the A-sample or face up to a four-year suspension.

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NEW ORLEANS, Feb. 16 (Xinhua) -- The East defeated the West 163-155 on Sunday to win the 63rd NBA All-Star Games on Sunday.


The two sides combined 318 points to make the game the highest-scoring game in NBA history.


The 21-year-old Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Kyrie Irving won the MVP reward with 31 points and 14 assists. Carmelo Anthony made eight out of his 13 three-point shots to score a team-second 30 points. LeBron James and Paul George had 22 and 18 points respectively.


Kevin Durant and Blake Griffin had 38 points each for the West. Stephen Curry made 12 points and 11 assists. Chris Paul finished with 11 points and 13 assists.


The East started the game 11-4 thanks to a couple of fast break chances, but the West rallied back after Stephen Curry and Chris Paul helping Blake Griffin dunk and dunk again in the later half of the period. The first quarter ended with the West leading 44-44.


The two sides tied 56-56 into the second quarter Derek Stepan Jersey , before the West dashed off with a 13-2 run to establish a double-digit lead. The league-leading scorer Kevin Durant made as many as 22 points in the first half, helping the Conference take a 89-76 advantage at the end of the first half.


The 89 points was set the All-Star record of most points in a half, and 165 combined points also refreshed the league history record.


The East managed to come back in the second half, cutting the gap to three points at the end of the third quarter. Irving dominated the final quarter Christian Dvorak Jersey , scoring 15 to keep the team competitive. Anthony hit a three-pointer with less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter to extend the advantage to four points, but the West failed to respond. The East finally won the game after a 13-5 spurt.


"It was just special," said Irving after the game.


"Just being out here with all these great athletes and playing in front of a great crowd in New Orleans, and then the game got competitive."


NBA legend Magic Johnson led the venue to sing "Happy Birthday" after the first quarter to celebrate the 80th Birthday of NBA Hall of Famer Bill Russell.

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