A strong second day, highlighted by season’s best performances in the discus and pole vault, and a personal best performance in the javelin, led to a new national record in the open men’s decathlon for Bahamian Ken Mullings, as the 18th Pan American Games continued in Lima, Peru.

Mullings still finished 644 points short of a medal at the games, but his collective performance was the best to date by a Bahamian. He finished sixth overall with 7,517 points, breaking his own national record by 90 points. Damian Warner repeated as Pan Am Games Champion, winning with 8,513 points; Lindon Victor, of Grenada, finished second with 8,240 points; and Canadian Pierce Lepage won the bronze medal with 8,161 points.

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