The latest news from the USOC - May 29

 

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A number of U.S. Olympians finished atop the podium at the 2013 adidas Grand Prix, held May 25 in New York. Tyson Gay (Lexington, Ky.) won the 100-meter in 10.02 seconds. In just two attempts, 2012 Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr cleared 4.63 meters to win the event. Against stiff competition, Janay DeLoach Soukup (Fort Collins, Colo.) set a meet record and won the long jump with a distance of 6.79 meters. In other events, Ryan Whiting (Harrisburg, Pa.) led a U.S. sweep over the top four spots in the men's shot put and Michael Tinsley (Little Rock, Ark.) won the 400 hurdles.

GIBB, PATERSON CAPTURE SECOND STRAIGHT MEDAL ON FIVB WORLD TOUR

Jake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.) captured the silver medal at the Corrientes Grand Slam, held May 22-26 in Corrientes, Argentina. It was the second straight medal for the pair on the FIVB World Tour. The seventh-seeded duo topped third-seeded Paolo Nicolai and Daniel Lupo of Italy, 21-19, 20-22, 15-17, in the semifinals before losing to Latvia's Aleksandrs Samoilovs and Janis Smedins, 21-16, 21-19. In the women's tournament, Olympic silver medalists April Ross (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Jennifer Kessy (San Luis Obispo, Calif.) placed fourth.

BADMINTON

After six days of competition, the U.S. Mixed National Badminton Team defeated Austria, 3-0, at the Sudirman Cup, held May 19-26 in Kuala Lampur, Malaysia. Despite winning its fourth competition, Team USA did not advance to the semifinals.

CYCLING

Jade Wilcoxson (Talent, Ore.) and Freddie Rodriguez (Berkeley, Calif.) emerged victorious at the Volkswagen USA Cycling Professional Road & Time Trial National Championships, held May 25-27 in Chattanooga, Tenn. Wilcoxon crossed the finish line in 2:46:39 to win the women's road race, while Rodriguez used a final surge to edge Brent Bookwalter (Asheville, N.C.) for the win with a time of 4:06:56.

DIVING

The 2013 World Championship Team was announced following the conclusion of the World Championship Trials, held May 15-20 in Tallahassee, Fla. The 15-member team includes 2012 Olympic medalists David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind.) and Troy Dumais (Ventura, Calif.). The women's roster includes Cheyenne Cousineau (Temperance, Mich.) earned the women's synchronized 10-meter berth along with Maren Taylor (Arlington, Va.). The team will represent the U.S. on July 20-28 in Barcelona, Spain.

FENCING

London 2012 Olympian Nzingha Prescod (Brooklyn, N.Y.) won the gold medal at the Foil Grand Prix, held May 24-25 in Marseille, France. Her victory marks the first time a U.S. woman foil fencer has ever earned a Grand Prix title. Fellow 2012 Olympian Lee Kiefer (Lexington, Ky.) finished sixth.

In her last Grand Prix event of the season, two-time Olympic champion Mariel Zagunis (Beaverton, Ore.) placed fifth at the Saber Grand Prix, held May 25 in Tianjin, China. Meanwhile, Ibtihaj Muhammad (Maplewood, N.J) took ninth, Daria Schneider (New York City, N.Y.) placed 10th and Monica Aksamit (Matawan, N.J.) placed 14th.

Samuel Freiman (Spring, Texas) was the top American finisher, placing 31st at the Epee World Cup, held May 24-25 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Meanwhile, Jonathan Yergler (Princeton, N.J.) and Jason Pryor (Colorado Springs, Colo.) qualified for the U.S. men's epee team that will compete at the senior world championships in August and the Pan American Championships in June.

London Olympian Race Imboden (Brooklyn, N.Y.) won the gold medal at the Havana Foil World Cup, held May 23-27 in Havana, Cuab. It was the first World Cup title for an individual U.S. men's foil fencer since 1999. Gerek Meinhardt (San Francisco, Calif.) finished ninth.

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