PHOTO: Silver spot
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August 2, 2019

PHOTO: Silver spot

Jamaica’s Yona Knight-Wisdom poses with his silver medal during the presentation ceremony after his historic second-place finish in the men’s one-metre springboard at the Lima 2019 Pan American Games in Pima, Peru, on Thursday night. The English-born Jamaican tallied 429.90 points for second place, the first-ever medal for Jamaica in diving at the Pan American Games. (Photo: Garfield Robinson)

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