Propelled by Ashley Wagner (Alexandria, Va.) and Gracie Gold's (Springfield, Ill.) second and third-place finishes in the free skate, Team USA won the 2013 ISU World Team Trophy, held April 11-14 in Tokyo. Madison Chock (Redondo Beach, Calif.) and Evan Bates (Ann Arbor, Mich.) won the short dance event with a season-best score of 98.37 points.

U.S. WOMEN TASTE REVENGE, CLAIM GOLD

In a thrilling victory, the U.S. Women's National Ice Hockey Team defeated Canada, 3-2, in the gold-medal game of the 2103 IIHF World Women's Championship, held on April 9 in Ottawa, Ontario. Amanda Kessel's (Madison, Wis.) game-winning goal in the third period sealed Team USA's fourth gold medal in the last five world championships. Brianna Decker (Dousman, Wis.) and Megan Bozek (Buffalo Grove, Ill.) contributed the first two goals for Team USA.

CURLING

The U.S. Women's Senior Curling Team came out firing with an 11-2 win over Ireland at the 2013 World Senior Curling Championships, held April 13-20 in Fredericton, New Brunswick. Led by Margie Smith (Shoreview, Minn.) the U.S. carried its momentum to earn a 14-2 victory over Russia and is currently tied for first place atop the Group A round robin standings. Team USA will look to continue its winning streak when it faces New Zealand on April 18.

Led by Gert Messing (Hartsdale, N.Y.) the U.S. men earned a 10-4 win over Germany and improved to 1-1 in the nine-game round robin.

Also competing in Fredericton, the husband-wife team of Peter and Maureen Stolt (Plymouth, Minn.) made its Team USA debut at the 2013 World Mixed Doubles Curling Championship, held April 13-20 . The duo lost a hard-fought match to Australia, 7-6, and will look to improve their 0-2 record when they return to the ice today against Denmark.

CYCLING

Allison Powers (Pinecliffe, Colo.) dominated the women's field at the 2013 Redlands Bicycle Classic, held April 4-7 in Redlands, Calif. Upon winning the time trial, road race, criterium and amassing the most sprint points, Powers earned 340 total points to lead the women's National Racing Calendar standings by 160 points. Taylor Wiles (Murray, Utah) finished second in the general classification and time trial to earn 180 points and second overall.

On the men's side, Chad Haga (Colorado Springs, Colo.) finished second with 190 points, followed by Thomas Zirbel (Boulder, Colo.) in third place with 154 points.

EQUESTRIAN

Team USA placed first and second at the Wellington Dressage Nations Cup CDIO3*, held April 11-14 in Wellington, Fla. Kimberly Herslow (Stockton, N.J.) and Rosmarin guided Team USA I to a winning total of 216.313 with the highest individual score of 72.079 percent to win the Prix St. Georges competition. Meanwhile, Team USA II took the second spot with contributions from Grand Prix riders Susan Dutta (Wellington, Fla.) and Cesar Para (White House Station, N.J.) to earn a total of 208.75.

FENCING

Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.) earned bronze in the women's foil event at the 2013 Junior World Championships, held April 6-15 in Porec, Croatia. A London 2012 Olympian, Kiefer's finish makes her the first U.S. women's foil fencer to garner three straight individual medals at the junior world championships. Adrienne Jarocki (Middle Village, N.Y.) added to Team USA's success with a silver medal in women's saber while Katharine Holmes (Washington, D.C.) placed fifth.

Alexander Massialas (San Francisco, Calif.) became the first U.S. men's foil fencer to win individual gold at the junior world championships. Facing Italy's Lorenzo Nista, Massialas prevailed with a 15-13 victory to make history. Fellow American Eli Dershwitz (Sherborn, Mass.) also returned to the podium with a bronze-medal finish in the men's saber event, making him the first U.S. men's saber fencer to win two junior world championship medals since 2001.