Amanda Sobhy of the United States earned her sixth Pan American Games medal ©Getty Images

Amanda Sobhy of the United States achieved her third gold medal of the Lima 2019 Pan American Games on the final day of squash here, having successfully defended her Toronto 2015 titles.

Having triumphed in the women's singles and doubles earlier on in the competition, Sobhy managed her third gold medal in the women's team event, with the United States taking on Canada.

She defeated Hollie Naughton 11-9, 11-8, 11-7 at the Villa Deportiva Nacional Videna cluster, before teammate Olivia Blatchford battled against Samantha Jean Cornett to win 15-13, 21-19, 11-7.

Having already secured the victory, Sobhy's sister Sabrina did not need to play her match against Danielle Letourneau. 

Amanda Sobhy has retained all three of her Pan American titles here, having already completed the triple-gold-medal feat at Toronto 2015.

“It’s a massive relief," she said.

"I am proud of myself. 

"I was able to back what I achieved with my three gold medals in Toronto to win here again.”

“There was lots of hard work behind it. 

"Over the past four years I was dreaming of it, believing in it, visualising. 

"And here we are."

Todd Harrity of the United States lost his match in the men's team squash final against Colombia ©Getty Images
Todd Harrity of the United States lost his match in the men's team squash final against Colombia ©Getty Images

Mexico and Colombia completed the podium.

The American men's team had similar success in their final, although had to overcome losing the first match when Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez beat Todd Harrity 12-10, 10-12, 11-7, 11-7.

Christopher Hanson brought the clash level when he eased past Juan Camilo Vargas Heredia 11-5, 11-9, 11-7, before Andrew Douglas confirmed the gold medal with a 11-4, 6-11, 11-6, 11-6 victory over Andres Felipe Herrera Gonzalez.

Bronze went to teams from Canada and Mexico. 

Despite having to settle for silver and bronze in the squash, Canada had a golden day at the aquatics centre. 

Jacqueline Simoneau and Claudia Holzner of Canada triumphed in the artistic swimming duet event, delighting a relatively large Canadian contingent in the crowd with a total score of 180.0343.

Their nearest opponents were Nuria Diosdado Garcia and Joana Jimenez Garcia of Mexico with 174.3661, while in third was Anita Alvarez and Ruby Remati of the US on 170.6698.

A second gold medal came in the team competition, with Canada's technical score of 88.9398 and final performance of 90.7333 giving them a winning total of 179.6731.

Mexico finished as the runner-up on 175.1243, with the US completing the podium on 170.8114.