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...and we picked up a medal in both of those comps.  Congrats to Aaron William for snagging Silver, and Mary Theisen-Lappen for taking home bronze.
 
6 Golds
4 Silvers
4 Bronzes
 
1st overall!
 
I'm pretty sure we medalled in every comp we entered.   
 
Well done, Team!  

More hardware for us... Kolbi Ferguson in M -110 took home silver and Katelyn Witte took home bronze in W -86.  
 
Two more comps to go!

Bobby Finke lost the 1500 to Will Mulgrew...one to watch!

USA cleaning up.
 
We didn't take gold in M -88, but that's because Yeison López  is an absolute beast...won silver to Karlos Nasar  in Paris, and won gold here by 48 kg.  (Yes, 48 kg...more than 10% more weight than silver.) We did win Silver and Bronze, though.  Congrats Hutton Boles and Brandon Victorian!  The closest class in LA28 will be 85 (Lopez competed at -89 in Paris), so either these guys will have to cut, or bulk up to 95, the next class up.
 
And meanwhile for the ladies, Mattie Rogers took Gold in W -77kg.
 
Go Team  

Fifth gold for !  Olivia Reeves, gold medalist also in Paris and the past two WCh.   She's a beast!  Estelle Rohr also participated, finishing 8th in C&J, and not registering a total in Snatch.

And Caden Cahoy also walked away with Gold for the M -79.  He tried for the WR in the C&J, but didn't manage.  Still got the PanAm record, though.  We had a second competitor Eddie Ginnan in this weight class, and he finished 5th.

Another day, another gold!  Sophia Shaft in -63.  (Unfortunately not an Olympic category...would have to go down to 61 or up to 69.)

Oops. I'll eat my words. Hampton came in second. But valiant effort!

Allyson Felix will return to competition in 2027 with an eye on LA28!!
 
More info here:
https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/allyson-felix-comeback-la-2028
 
https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/allyson-felix-track-comeback-2028

We're two for two in the PanAms, and I'm going to go ahead and call that we're going to win this next one.
 
Congrats to Gabe Chhum and Miranda Ulrey.  Gabe was in the -60 category and won Gold.  Unfortunately for Gabe's Olympic hopes, the lowest category in 2028 is -65, which is the same category that Hampton Morris is in.  Hampton (who is about to compete now) won bronze in 2024 Paris and 2025 WCh in .
 
Miranda apparently has dropped a few kgs, and is still lifting similarly.  Her total today was a new PanAm Record (and record in each individual category), and it would have won gold in Paris 2024.  Looking forward to seeing more from her in future comps!
 
Hampton coming up now!

The recent US Open helped form our Greco-Roman World Team.  If you want to know more, click here: https://www.themat.com/news/2026/april/25/bey-melelashvili-young-schultz-round-out-u-s-greco-roman-world-team

Congrats to Nelly Korda for winning the Chevron Cup in Houston! 

Compiling posts from USA Cycling's Facebook from the three days:
 
Team USA kicked off racing at the UCI Track World Cup in Nilai, Malaysia!
The Men’s Team Pursuit got things rolling, qualifying 6th with a 3:55. They backed it up with another consistent ride in the First Round against Switzerland, matching their time but just missing out on the medal rounds to finish 8th overall.
In the Women’s Team Sprint, the squad also qualified 6th to move on to the First Round, where they faced Mexico. They came out fast, going green through the first three splits, but were edged out by 0.790.
In the Elimination races, Grant Koontz put together a strong ride to take 6th in the men’s race, while 18-year-old Emma Jimenez Palos finished 10th in the women’s event.
 
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Day 2 at the UCI Track World Cup in Nilai, Malaysia
Grant Koontz took on the Omnium. He was 4th in both the Scratch and Tempo races. After a 10th-place finish in the Elimination, it all came down to the Points Race. Starting with 90 points in 5th, he went all in and added 37 more, finishing 2nd overall, just one point off the win.
Haley Yoslov and Kayla Hankins were on the track for the sprint tournament, both throwing down fast qualifying times (10.732 and 10.786). They ended up facing each other in the Round of 16, with Yoslov advancing. She ran into the reigning World Champion in the next round, ultimately finishing 15th.
Dalton Walters took on the Men’s Keirin, winning his First Round repechage to keep moving on. He went through to the Second Round repechage and wrapped up his day in 21st, marking one of his strongest Keirin results to date.
Bethany Ingram and Emma Jimenez Palos lined up for the Women’s Madison, improving on last weekend’s performance with a solid 12th place finish.
 
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Closing out racing in Nilai, Malaysia at the UCI Track World Cup!
McKenna McKee and Kayla Hankins both came out flying in the Keirin, putting down fast rides in the First Round to automatically advance. McKee just missed moving on from the Second Round by 0.4, while Hankins’ day wrapped there as well, but both walking away with career-best results, finishing 15th and 17th.
In the Men’s Sprint, Dalton Walters qualified 23rd and lined up for the First Round, coming up just short of advancing (+0.516) to finish 24th overall.
Bethany Ingram had a steady ride across the Omnium. After the Scratch, Tempo, Elimination, and Points races, she ultimately finishing 17th overall.
In the Men’s Madison, Graeme Frislie and Peter Moore scored 37 points to take 8th.

The Kentucky Three Day Event just concluded with many of the world's top eventers.  The competition concluded with William Coleman winning, making him the National Champion of Eventing for .  Caroline Pamukcu (the one I met!) nabbed silver.
 
Also this weekend, they had a 5* Jumping contest, with Kent Farrington winning here, too!

Week 17
 
Tennis finished their competition in Madrid .  (Our guys aren't doing so hot, but we do have a lady or two still in.) 
 
PanAms in Weightlifting are happening this week in .  Stream live on PanAmPesas'  YouTube.
 
We have the opening week of a two-week Table Tennis competition in London ...the ITTF World Team Championships.  Should be fun!  We have to make it out of the opening pool to make it in the knockouts.  I know our team isn't the best, but I have high hopes for making it to the knockouts.  I'm sure this will be live on ITTF's YouTube. 
 
Some of our men will be doing some Road Cycling in the Tour de Romandie  this week, and perhaps some will be in Frankfurt  on Friday.
 
We've got another elite Beach Volleyball competition in Brasilia  .
 
We've got some great Swimming this week in the Fort Lauderdale Open .  Lots of Olympians here.  I imagine this will be on TV somewhere...can't find info at this moment.
 
And lots more aquatics... Artistic Swimming in , Open Water Swimming in  , Women's Water Polo in , and Diving in .
 
We've got Fencing in  (foil - M/W, Team/Indiv), and in  (sabre - M/W indiv). (fencingtv.com)
 
Mountain Bike gets underway in  as well. (Unsure of streaming)
 
We've got Judo in  (that's Tajikistan). (Life on judotv.com)
 
3x3 Basketball will be going on in  for our men and women. (FIBA 3x3 YouTube)
 
Athletics has the Relay Championships in .  I imagine this will be on Peacock.
 
Sport Climbing has a North American Boulder cup, but more exciting is the first World Climbing series in Keqiao  (Boulder).  (WC Youtube)
 
BMX Racing supposedly has a PanAm championship this week...still digging up details on that.
 
And kicking off this coming weekend and continuing on next week is more Surfing, Shooting (Shotgun), and Road Cycling (La Vuelta Femenina).
 
So much going on!
 

New sub-2-hour WR for the Men's Marathon.  Congrats Sabastian Sawe   for your success in London today (1:59:30), and HT to Yomif Kejelcha  who also went sub-2:00:00, and Jacob Kiplimo  who finished third and also under the previous WR pace!
 
https://www.nbcsports.com/olympics/news/sabastian-sawe-marathon-world-record-london-two-hours

Western Australia Margaret River Pro  will be finishing up in the next couple of days.  Crosby Colapinto defeated his older brother for a place in the QF, and is the only  athlete in the WF.  The women, on the other hand, occupy 6 out of the 8 (some representing Hawaii).  Guaranteed 3 in SF (meaning at least 1 in Finals).

Grant Koontz finished 6th in the M Elimination Race in the Nilai  World Cup today.  Emma Jimenez Palos finished 10th in hers!  Glad to see some success on the track.  Our M Team Pursuit and W Team Sprint made it into the first round, but not the medal rounds.
 
BTW, Emma is just a senior in high school (18 y.o.), I think.  Rising star!

We have two M Skiff pairs in the Top 10 as we approach the final day. (Snow/Macdiarmid in 5th, Mollerus/Bornarth in 7th).  Charlotte Rose is currently in 2nd for the W Dinghy.  Hopefully tomorrow will be a good day for them!

Currently with three moving into the SF (Simona Winkler in W 70kg, Salim Ellis Bey in M 60kg, Noelle Haro in W 51kg, )...Kelvin Watts (M 90+kg) also going to be boxing this evening for a place in the SF.
 
(Salim Ellis Bey defeated the 2024 Silver Medalist to make it to SF.)  

Top 10 finish for Dylan Gravley (P9) in the 10km swim in  today.  Top 15 finish for Mariah Denigan (P14) and Brinkleigh Hansen (P15) for the Women.  

2028 cricket grounds construction begins, remarkably on schedule:
 
 
https://www.olympics.com/en/news/la-2028-olympics-cricket-stadium-construction-pomona-start

Second ticket drop coming in August with some new inventory.  It's pretty clear they underestimated demand in first round:
 
https://la28.org/en/newsroom/la28-sets-new-benchmark-with-more-than-4-million-tickets-sold.html

And finally finished the M 10m.  Leyton Dean is just 17, but he finished just 9 points off the podium.  (Would've been 9th in Paris)  One to look at in years to come! 
 
(Hedberg, who won gold, would've been 6th.)