Argentina wins 5th gold in rowing in PanAm Games

 　　GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- The Argentine rowing team on Wednesday won its fifth gold medal and confirmed its dominance in this discipline after the women's 4-pair short rowing team took the first place in Ciudad Guzman just outside the Mexican host city of Guadalajara.

　　The four rowers Milka Kraljev, Maria Abalo, Maria Best and Maria Rohner finished first at 6:34:45 minutes, significantly¹ ahead of their closest rivals² from Canada which finished 6:37.68.

　　The Canadian team with Audra Vair, Isolda Penney, Barbara McCord and Melanie Kok, defeated the United States team for the silver while the U.S. finished third with 6:39.36, and teams from Cuba, Mexico and Brazil finished in secondary³ positions.

　　In the final men's 4-large rowing competition without pilot in the light weight the Cuban team headed by Liosbel Hernandez, Liosmel Ramos, Manuel Suarez and Wilber Turro took home gold with 6:06.06 while Argentina's Diego Gallina, Pablo Mahnic, Nicolai Fernandez and Carlo Lauro finished second with 6:06.21.

　　The Chilean team with Rodrigo Munoz, Fabian Oyarzun, Fernando Mirelles and Felipe Leal came in third at 6:06.36.

1 significantly   

adv.意味深长地；值得注目地

参考例句：

• Prices did not alter significantly during 2004. 2004年期间，价格没有大的变化。
• American English is significantly different from British English. 美国英语与英国英语有很大差异。

2 rivals   

竞争对手( rival的名词复数 )

参考例句：

• one of the President's chief rivals 总统的主要政敌之一
• She always managed to outsmart her political rivals. 她总有办法表现得比她的政敌智高一筹。

3 secondary   

adj.中级的，中等的，次要的；n.次要位置，副手

参考例句：

• It's a question of secondary importance.这是个次要的问题。
• Secondary school means junior school and high school.中学是指初中和高中。