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Week in Summer #14 - United States  
July 22nd - July 29th
 
 
Archery
No Archery events or news last week, on August 8th - 10th is the 134th U.S. National Target Championships which will be the first Stage of for the World Archery Championships & Pan American Games.
 
 
 
 
Badminton
Yonex Akita Masters 2018
Japan | July 24th - July 29th
 
Women's Singles
 
 
Jennie Gai competed in the Yonex Akita Masters and in the 1st Round got matched up against Shiori Saito and ended up loosing 8-21 and 5-21. Overall it was good experience for the 17 year old! Jennie is currently ranked 108th in the World!
 
Russia Open 2018
Russia | July 24th - July 29th
 
Women's Singles - Crystal Pan

Crystal Pan competed in Russia facing off against Lianne Tan in the 1st Round. In the round it was close but Crystal lost 21-23. In the second round Crystal lost 17-21. Crystal currently is 97th in the World Rankings.
 
Women's Singles - Iris Wang

Iris Wang had a good competition in Russia making it all the way to the Semi Finals! In the 1st Round she beat Olga 21-4 and 21-9. In the 2nd Round she beat Mugdha from India 21-4 and 21-13. In the Quarter Finals she faced off against another opponent from India and beat her 21-17 and 21-13. In the Semi Finals she lost to Shiori in a close third match loosing 16-21,19-21,20-22.
 
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The TOTAL BWF World Championships 2018 is going on this week the action on the Olympic Channel and root for Beiwen Zhang!
 
 
 
 
Basketball
Last week was the Team USA Men's Basketball Mini Camp, as said by the head coach multiple times the mini camp was mainly for team bonding. Here's a few photos from the camp. 

 
 
 
Fencing
2018 Fencing Championships
Wuxi, China | July 19th - July 27th
 
Medal Table

Not bad for us in the overall medals taking home 2 of each for a total of 6!
 
Team Epee - Men's (Section 1)

In the Round of 32 we beat Sweden 39-34 which allowed us to head to the Round of 16 and play against the Czech Republic where we beat them 42-36. In the Quarterfinals we lost to France in a close match 44-45.
 
Team Epee - Women's (Section 4)

We started against DR Congo in the Round of 32 and beat them. In the Round of 16 we beat Hong Kong 45-30. In the Quarterfinals we beat Estonia in a close match 24-23.  
 
Team Epee - Women's (Finals)

In the Semifinals we found ourselves against Russia and we won that match 27-25. In the Final we beat South Korea 18-17 allowing us to win the Gold Medal!
 
 
 
 
 
Field Hockey
2018 Women's Field Hockey World Cup
England | July 21st - July 29th (for the US)
 

The 2018 Women's Field Hockey World Cup continued last week with 2 more games. As we were down 0-1 we needed wins to let us not be eliminated. Our next game was against England where we tied them with a score of 1-1, giving us one point. The last match was against India and we also tied with them with a score of 1-1, again giving us one point. Sadly even though we tied for points with India the next classification was for goal difference which we had -2 meanwhile India had -1. This was our worse finish in a Women's Field Hockey World Cup, so thankfully this doesn't affect Tokyo.
 
 
 
 
 
Football
2018 Tournament of Nations (Women)
United States | July 26th - Ongoing
 

We had two games for the Tournament of Nations last week. The first match was agtainst Japan, we beat Japan with a score of 4-2. In the second match we tied with Australia (defending champions) 1-1 with an amazing 90' minute goal. Our next match is against Brazil on August 2nd.

Thank you! You've all been very nice so far, I can't wait to get more involved!

Thank you! You've all been very nice so far, I can't wait to get more involved!

Week in Summer #13 - United States  
July 15th - July 22nd
 
NOTE: I decided to not include Athletics solely because of the fact their are so many event different events to include. I'll start to include them once I get a system down to shorten it. Someone amazing updated the 2020 Olympic Wikipedia page therefore it makes my spreadsheet building 100x easier. See you next week!
 
Archery
Archery World Cup - Stage 4
Berlin, Germany | July 16th - July 22nd
 
Last week was the final stage of the Archery World Cup and a very intense one as it was the final tournament to see who would be competing in the Archery World Cup Final in Samsun (Sept. 29th - 30th)
 
Recurve Men Qualification

With the pressure on, Brady Ellison needs to get at least in the quarter finals to qualify on points for the World Cup Final. But, sadly he had the worst qualification round of all four stages ending the round 16th. In previous stages he placed (3rd, 4th, 3rd) after qualification. This was Alex Bourdage first Archery World Cup and surprisingly he performed better in Qualification than Jack and Matthew. At only 19 or 20 years old he did great! Jack Williams had a surprising qualification score after coming out of qualification in 9th place in Stage 3 in Salt Lake City. Like Brady, Matthew had his worst qualification of the World Cup ending up in 90th. Overall a disappointing qualification for 3 of the 4 men. 
 
Recurve Women Qualification

Just like in Salt Lake City, Khatuna Lorig had a great qualification round and has been improving her qualification score almost every stage of the World Cup (13th in Salt Lake City)! Despite the 21st ranking Mackenzie Brown didn't necessarily do terrible compared to the first two stages of the World Cup Mackenzie has been improving, sadly she was not able to match her 5th ranking from Salt Lake City but nonetheless she did pretty good! Erin Mickelberry had an alright qualification aswell she was able to get 50th which is around her average qualification score for this years World Cup. Amy Jung was able to get 83rd which was a bit better then she did in Antalya. At only 17 years old I'm excited to see where Amy will go but we won't be bringing her to the Pan American Championship in August.
 
Jack Williams - Bracket Round

With a 48th ranking after the qualification round Jack was able to get put against Jonathan Andersson (65) of Sweden. Jack had a great showing being able to beat him 6-2! In the Second Round Jack faced off against Thomas Chirault (17) from France. In a very close match Jack upset him 6-5 bringing him to the Third Round where sadly he had to go against Brady Ellison, normally I'm all for the rookie/underdog story but we needed Brady to win and he did so Jack lost 2-6 to Brady Ellison (16). The 18 year old had a great showing and I'm sure he will do great at the Pan American Championship. Jack ended Stage 4 in 17th place which tied it for his 2nd best finish in the Archery World Cup. This also moved his World Ranking up from 41 --> 35!
 
Brady Ellison - Bracket Round

Because of the disappointing qualification round from Brady Ellison he was not able to obtain a bye round so in the First Round he played against Ben Adriaensen (97) and beat him with a score of 6-2. In the Second Round Brady got more comfortable and beat Ibrahim Ethem Gulacar (64) from Turkey 7-1. Sadly in the Third Round Brady had to play teammate Jack Williams and he needed this victory in order to have an attempt to qualify for the World Cup Finals. Brady did indeed end up beating Jack 6-2. In the Fourth Round, Brady had to go against the 1st ranked player Mete Gazoz from Turkey and sadly lost to him 0-6. Although not all bad news because Brady Ellison was able to qualify for the World Cup Finals on points in 6th place! Hopefully he can get himself back together and have a great showing in Samsun.  
Matthew Requa - Bracket Round

Unlike his 9th place finish in Salt Lake City, Matthew lost in the First Round against Miguel Alvarino Garcia (23) of Spain 4-6. Matthew will be heading to the Pan American Championship with our Men's team so I'm hoping he can really start to focus because we will need him to be on his best showing! With this loss it moved his World Ranking down to 41st.
 
Alex Bourdage - Bracket Round

It's surprise after surprise from Alex Bourdage. In the First Round he played against Kyraya Tomoaki (66) from Japan and beat him 7-1 which was surprising as Kuraya is ranked 107th in the World Ranking. In the Second Round Alex played a close game but ended up falling to Ryan Tyack (18) 4-6. Alex's world ranking is at 304th but I'm certain as he competes more and more he will quickly move up the rankings! 
 
Khatuna Lorig - Bracket Round

With the 16th ranking after qualification Khatuna was able to get a 1st round bye, so in the Second Round she faced off against Nerea Lopez Sanchis (64) from Spain. Khatuna failed to show her true skill and got upset by Nerea 2-6. Even though it seems like a bad loss for Khatuna it hasn't been her worst performance in the World Cup previously in Antalya and Shanghai she placed 57th. The 33rd place finish is just a minor setback and I'm sure she will continue to improve over the next months.
 
Mackenzie Brown - Bracket Round

Our best female archer didn't do terrible in Berlin. Mackenzie got a 1st round bye and was able to beat Sarah Bettles (44) from Great Britain 7-3 moving Mackenzie to the Third Round where she played against Lei Chien-Ying (12) from Chinese Taipei. Sadly Mackenzie lost this match-up 2-6. This loss moved her World Ranking down to 14th but I know she will bring her A-game to the Pan American Championship in August.
 
Amy Jung - Bracket Round

The 17-year old fared well against Michelle Kroppen (30) from Germany loosing 4-6 in the First Round of competition. Amy's World Ranking is currently at 264th but as time progresses I'm sure she will be one to keep an eye on. 
 
Erin Mickelberry - Bracket Round

Erin Mickelberry went into the First Round with a ranking of 50th and got matched against Sietske Visser (63) and beat her 6-2! In the Second Round she lost against Zhang Xinyan (15) from China 2-6. Erin's World Ranking still manged to go up despite the Second Round loss now moving up to 117th place. 
 
Recurve Men Team

The USA Men started the Bracket Round with a 7th seed which meant a First Round bye which I'm sure helped them so they were able to relax before going against Germany (10) and beating them 6-0! In a very very close Quarterfinal match we lost to Kazakhstand (2) 4-5. This was our Men's team best performance in all four stages of the World Cup ending in 5th place! 
 
Recurve Women Team

The USA Women started the Bracket Round with an 8th seed which also meant a First Round bye. Although in the Second Round we lost a close game against India (9) 4-5. This tied for our worst finish in the World Cup Stages with 9th place.
 
Recurve Mixed Team

Instead of the Gold Medal duo of Mackenzie Brown + Brady Ellison Mixed Team we decided to run with  Khatuna Lorig + Brady Ellison Mixed Team like we did in Shanghai. It didn't go great but it didn't go terribly. We started with a 9th seed and had to play against Sweden (24) and we beat them 5-1. But in the Second Round we lost to Japan (8) 4-5 in a very tight match-up. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Badminton
Singapore Open 2018
Singapore | July 15th - July 22nd
 
Women's Singles - Qualification

Jennie Gai competed in the Singapore Open last week but because of her ranking she first had to compete in the Qualification Round and she was able to win her match 2-1 which moved her onto the real bracket round.
 
Jennie Gai - Women's Singles

Possibly the hardest match so far of the 17 year-old's career so far was going against Yulia who is ranked 76th in the world. Sadly Jennie lost to her but was still able to win a set. Jennie's world ranking is 125th in Women's Singles

Beiwen Zhang - Women's Singles

A very disappointing First Round loss for Beiwen Zhang though it actually moved her ranking up back up to 11th in World Ranking and 8th in World Tour Ranking. Beiwen has more competitions coming up soon so I'm hoping this loss won't affect her too badly.
 
Men's Doubles

Another tournament for Ryan and Phillip Chew but sadly another loss. I'm hoping in the upcoming tournaments they can start winning or at least taking a set.
 
Women's Doubles

Just like the Chew brothers, Ariel and Sydney Lee lost first round but the sister's lost even worse 3-21, 2-21. Even with the loss they are still not going down in rankings. 
 
 
 
Fencing
2018 Fencing Championships
Wuxi, China | July 19th - Ongoing
 
Men's Individual Sabre - Section 3

Currently we have the #1 Ranked Sabre Men Fencer in the World, Eli Dershwitz. In the Round of 64 he got matched against Dmytro of Ukraine and beat him 15-4. In the Round of 32 Eli faced against Yan from China and beat Yan 15-12 in a bit of a closer match. In a very close and intese match in the Round of 16 it was Eli vs Benedikt from Germany but Eli won 15-14. In the Quarter finals Eli faced against Aron and beat him 15-11 moving Eli to the Finals Bracket.
 
Men's Individual Sabre - Section 4

Geoffrey Loss is currently ranked 87th in the world but sadly lost in the Round of 64 to Kim Jun-ho. Daryl Homer is ranked 15th in the world and had a better performance. In the Round of 64 he beat Kostiantyn from Israel 15-7. In the Round of 32 he beat Csanad 15-8. But in the Round of 16 he sadly lost to Fares 13-15.
 
Men's Individual Sabre - Finals

Back to Eli he faced off against Kim Jun-ho in the Semifinals beating him 15-14 in a close match. In the Finals Eli went against Kim Jung-hwan who is ranked 3rd in the world. Eli sadly lost the match 11-15 giving Eli the Silver Medal. 
 
Women's Individual Epee - Section 1

Katharine Holmes is ranked 33rd in the World and in the Round of 64 she beat Ayaka 14-9 moving Katharine to the Round of 32 where she also beat Lee Hye-in 15-8. In the Round of 16 Katharine Holmes lost against Mara from Italy 9-15.
 
Women's Individual Epee - Section 2

Kelley Hurley is ranked 14th in the world and in the Round of 64 she beat Beate 15-8. In the Round of 32 she lost to Maria 12-13 in a close match.
 
Women's Individual Epee - Section 3

Assuming the Hurley's are related Kelley's sister Courtney who is our best ranked female went against Dora from Spain in the Round of 64 and beat her 15-12. In the Round of 32 Courtney beat Aleksandra 15-14 in a very close match. In the Round of 16 she beat Tatyana from Russia 9-8. Then in the Quarterfinals she beat Caroline 15-10.
 
Women's Individual Epee - Finals

In the Semifinals Courtney lost against Ana Maria Branza 13-14, and Courtney ended with a bronze medal!
 
 
Field Hockey
2018 Women's Field Hockey World Cup
England | July 21st - Ongoing
 

On July 21st we had our first match for the 2018 Women's Field Hockey World Cup. We played against Ireland but sadly lost to them 1-3. Our next matches are on July 25th and 29th against England and India. We need ties or wins against them to hopefully not be eliminated. 
 
 
Rugby Sevens
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens - Men's Tournament
AT&T Park, California  | July 20th - July 21st
 
Championship Cup

We started the tournament as a 5th seed and were matched up against Wales (12) in the Round of 16. We beat wales with a score of 35-0. Moving onto the Quarter-Finals we got placed against England (4) and tied the game 19-19 after full time but in extra time we lost to them 24-19.
 
5th Place

Because of the loss in the Quarter-Finals we got brought down to the 5th place Bracket. In the Semi-Finals we got matched against Scotland (8) and beat them 28-0 moving us to the 5th Place Final. In the Final we met Argentina (7) but lost to them 7-33 which means we ended the tournament in 6th place a place behind our seed. We hopefully meet Argentina again in the 2019 Pan American Games. This 6th place finish is the best finish the United States Men's National Rugby team has every achieved in the Rugby World Cup Sevens! Our previous best position was 13th place in 2013, so woohoo for 6th!
 
2018 Rugby World Cup Sevens - Women's Tournament
AT&T Park, California  | July 20th - July 21st
 
Championship Cup

We started the tournament with a 5th seed which means in the Round of 16 we got placed against China (12) where we beat them 38-7 which allowed us to advance to the Quarter-finals where we faced Russia (4) and upset them 33-17. In the Semi-finals we lost to New Zealand (1) in a close match of 21-26. Now in the Bronze Medal Match we went against Australia (2) and sadly lost to them 14-24. Leaving us with a 4th place finish in the tournament. Despite going farther than our seed we didn't match our previous 3rd place results of the previous 2 Women's Rugby World Cup Sevens Tournaments.