Four-time Olympic gold medalist Serena Williams (Saginaw, Mich.) claimed her second French Open singles title and 16th Grand Slam title at the 2013 French Open, held May 26-June 6 in Paris. No. 1-ranked Williams overcame defending champion Maria Sharapova of Russia, 6-4, 6-4, to win her second French Open since 2002. Olympic gold medalists and top-seeded brothers Mike and Bob Bryan (Camarillo, Calif.) secured their 14th Grand Slam trophy by defeating Michael Llodra and Nicolas Mahut of France, 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (4) in the men's doubles final. The duo last won a French Open title in 2006.

U.S. TRACK & FIELD ATHLETES TRIUMPHANT IN ROME

Justin Gatlin (Orlando, Fla.) edged-out world record holder Usain Bolt by one hundredth of a second to clinch first place in the 100-meter in a time of 9.94 seconds at the Golden Gala, held June 6 in Rome. Meanwhile, Johnny Dutch (Clayton, N.C.) won his first Diamond League event of the year - clocking in at 48.31 seconds in the men's 400 hurdles - and Christian Taylor (Fayetteville, Ga.) won the men's triple jump in 17.08 meters. On the women's side, Dawn Harper-Nelson (Los Angeles, Calif.) led a U.S. sweep in the 100 hurdles in 12.65, while Brittney Reese (Gulfport, Miss.) secured her second Diamond League victory of the year in the long jump in 6.99 meters.

ARCHERY

Brady Ellison (Globe, Ariz.) won the men's recurve event, while Heather Koehl (Sheboygan Falls, Wis.) beat out competitors by a 21-point margin in women's recurve at the U.S. National Field Championships and World Games Trials, held June 6-8 in Eagle Lake, Texas. Jesse Broadwater (Cumberland, Md.) won the compound senior men's title and Jamie Van Natta (Pontiac, Mi.) swept the compound senior women's title with a 57-point margin of victory.

BOXING

Team USA emerged victorious, taking home five gold medals and the team trophy at the Olympic Cup, held June 3-6 in Salinas, Puerto Rico. Light flyweight Leroy Davila (New Brunswick, N.J.), light welterweight Jose Alday (Odessa, Texas), middleweight Le'Shawn Rodriquez (Shirley, N.Y.) and super heavyweight Cam F. Awesome (Lenexa, Kan.) won gold medals on the men's side, while flyweight Virginia Fuchs (Kemah, Texas) claimed a gold medal for the women.

CYCLING

Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) placed eighth in the elite women's competition at the UCI Mountain Bike World Cup, held June 8-9 in Fort Williams, Scotland. Aaron Gwin (Wildomar, Calif.) had the fastest time among the U.S. men to place 20th, while Neko Mulally (Reading, Pa.) finished 25th.

Team USA took home eight medals in the opening round of thePara-cycling Road World Cup, held June 6-9 in Merano and Marlengo, Italy. Highlights for the U.S. included Aaron Keith's (Woodinville, Wash.) first gold medal of the season in the men's C2 time trial. In addition, Monica Bascio (Massapequa, N.Y.) claimed gold medals in the women's H3 time trial and road race, and Jamie Whitmore Cardenas (Commerce, Calif.) and Allison Jones (Amarillo, Texas) won gold in the C3 time trial and C2 road race.

GYMNASTICS

Rebecca Sereda (Staten Island, N.Y.) won her second consecutive U.S. rhythmic all-around title with a score of 133.250 at the 2013 U.S. Rhythmic Championships, held June 5-9 in Orlando, Fla. Jasmine Kerber (Highland Park, Ill.) finished second with 130.400, while Cindy Lu (Staten Island, N.Y.) secured third place with a score of 128.400.

RUGBY

The U.S. wheelchair rugby team earned the gold medal at the Denmark Wheelchair Rugby Challenge, held June 9 in Odense, Denmark. The No. 3-ranked team overcame No.1-ranked Australia, 61-56, in the first major wheelchair rugby event since the London 2012 Paralympic Games.