Cordon defeated defending champion and top seed Brian Yang 21-17, 21-14 to secure the title at the Carlos "El Famoso" Hernandez National Sports Palace in El Salvador's capital.

His triumph comes 10 years after he last topped the podium at the continental tournament and is his third men's singles title following success in 2009 and 2012.

Yang came from a game down in a 17-21, 21-10, 21-8 victory over Brazil’s Ygor Coelho to reach the final but came up short against Cordon.

Li ensured there was singles success for Canada as she reclaimed the women's trophy after overcoming American Beiwan Zhang in an epic encounter.

The final saw the top two seeds go toe-to-toe in an absorbing clash as Li battled past Zhang.

Defending champion Zhang led 12-6 and 19-15 in the decider and had two match points but was unable to finish Li off as the Canadian came back to snatch a 21-18, 16-21, 25-23 victory.

It was Li's fifth women’s singles crown at the Pan Am Individual Badminton Championships, adding to her wins in 2013, 2014, 2018 and 2019.

Job Castillo and Luis Montoya became the first Mexican pair to win a Pan Am title as they led 22-20, 11-9 in the men’s doubles final before American duo Vinson Chiu and Joshua Yuan retired.

Rachel Honderich and Kristen Tsai defeated Catherine Choi and Josephine Wu 21-17, 21-18 in an all-Canadian women's doubles final.

Wu ensured she did not leave El Salvador empty-handed as she teamed up with Ty Alexander Lindeman to clinch the mixed doubles title with a 21-12, 21-11 victory over Solis Jonathan and Diana Corleto Soto of Guatemala.