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I've been to Spain but when I was about 6 months old so I don't remember it. But, I' went to Italy about 3 years ago and loved it! I'm not sure where your going in Italy but assuming your going to Rome some of my favorite things I did was obviously get some gelato, visit Vatican City, and overall just enjoy and soak in all the amazing architecture (we don't have much here in the US). I'm not sure how set in stone your trip is but if you get the chance the country side is absolutely stunning and there are some amazing pizza places all throughout! Not sure if this was any help but I hope you have a fun time and I'm going to France in February (school trip) so I might need some advice from you on what to expect! 

Week in Summer #10 - United States  
June 4th - July 1st
 
NOTE: Happy I got this post out along with the Road to Tokyo ones this week, go check those out if you haven't yet. Still been working away on my spreadsheet, I've been reformating it to make more sense but it's a lot of work but fun! 
 
Archery
No Archery news last week, the 4th stage of the Archery World Cup is coming up in July and in August is the Pan American Championship!
 
 
Badminton
Mongolia International Series 2018
Men's Singles 

This is the first time Christopher Kan is competing at an event in Singles, or at least thats what the BWF website says. Sadly he lost first round but still good to get some experience!
 
Women's Singles

Iris Wang was able to win the first round against Kherlen Darkhanbaatar (what a last name) and advanced to the second round where she beat I Kuan Ao. Sadly Iris lost to Chaasinee Korepap in the Quarter finals. But hopefully this will improve her world ranking above 585 where she is at right now.
 
Peru International 2018
Men's Singles
Enrico Asuncion

Enrico Asuncion lost to Kevin Cordon in the first round. In Men's Singles Enrico is currently ranked 1,309th at age 19. 
 
Timothy Lam

Timothy Lam was able to beat Enzo Sugiura from Brazil in the first round but lost to Osleni Guerrero of Cuba in the second round. Timothy is currently ranked 363rd in the World Rankings at age 20 moving up from 419th after this tournament.
 
Women's Singles
Isabelle Rusli

Sadly Isabelle lost first round against Mariana Isabel Paiz Quan. Isabelle is currently ranked 246th in the World for Women's Singles!
 
Disha Gupta

Disha got a first round bye and ended up beating Mariana Ugalde from Mexico in the second round. In the quarter finals she faced off against Femanda Saponara Rivva and beat her aswell. Although in the semi finals she lost to Taymara. Disha Gupta is currently ranked 113th in the World Rankings for Women's Singles!
 
Crystal Pan

Crystal Pan (a name I actually recognize) played in this tournament and got a first round bye! In the second round she beat Nikte which allowed her to advance to the quarter finals where she beat Maria Delia Zambrano. In the semi finals she beat Fabiana Silva from Brazil and in the finals she won against Taymara who beat Disha Gupta another USA competitor. Crystal Pan is currently ranked 119th in Women's Singles World Ranking. 
 
Women's Singles Podium

 
 
Basketball 
Men's
Road to Tokyo Post
 
 
Canoeing
 
2018 ICF Canoe Slalom World Cup - Stage 2
Krakow, Poland
 
Men's
 
K1 - Heats
 

Tyler was not able to make it out of the Heat Stage
 
C1 - Final

Casey was able to make it to the finals and place in 7th place!
 
Women's
 
K1 - Heats


Both Sage and Ashley did not advance to the Semi Finals.
 
C1 - Heats 

We had Harriet and Sage compete in the C1 but sadly they did not advance to the Semi Finals. 
 
 

 
Cycling
No cycling last week
 
 
Volleyball
 
2018 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League
 
Women's
 
Final Round Group Stage

We were surprisingly ranked 1st in our group beating Turkey 3-2 and Serbia 3-0! This means we would go against the 2nd ranked team in Pool A.
 
Final Round Final Four

In the Semifinals we beat China 3-1 and in the final beat Turkey 3-2! Which means we are the first time winner of the FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League inaugural season which is amazing!
 
 
 
 
 

20 athletes make it from heats to semifinals, 10 from semifinals to finals

Hey we have the St. Louis Arch and the Holleyweed  sign

Good Results for Casey (Eichfield) this weekend in Canoe Slalom. He managed to qualify for the final and finish 7th 2 seconds behind the winner. Great season opener 

Well, finally we will go to Europe, basically to Spain, France, England and Italy.
 
Tips/recomendations of places to visit or things to do?

FIBA Website says "Group D: Italy and Netherlands through to Second Round; they will be joined by the winner of Sunday's game Romania v Croatia."
 
Here's the website: http://www.fiba.basketball/basketballworldcup/2019/news/13-more-teams-advance-to-second-round-of-world-cup-qualifiers-as-third-window-tips-off
 

There are some games today for the 2019 FIBA Basketball World Cup Qualification - Americas Today!
 
June 28th
 Virgin Islands vs Bahamas 
Virgin Islands will advance to Second Round if they win vs Bahamas
Bahamas need to win against Virgin Islands to have a chance of progressing
 Argentina vs Panama 
Argentina have sealed a place in the Second Round
Panama have the inside track to the Second Round, needing a win at Argentina or Paraguay to advance.
 Puerto Rico vs Cuba 
Puerto Rico would seal a sport in the Second Round with a victory over Cuba
Cuba, to have a chance of progressing in the Second Round, must win both Puerto Rico (today) and the USA (Sunday)  and hope that Mexico defeats Puerto Rico (Sunday)
 Paraguay vs Uruguay 
Paraguay needs two wins to have a chance of advancing
Uruguay have already secured their spot in the Second Round
 Mexico vs USA 
Both Mexico and USA have secured their spot in the Second Round

Go USA Virgin

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It’s hard to do good if you’re not even there 

Thanks for the update, I’d like to add that our Sport Climbers did very well at the World Cup in Vail. I don’t remember the results off the top of my head, but I believe both a US man and woman got a podium. The US shooters have also had a good World Cup season, with a few wins in shotgun events. The US woman preformed well in the French Open, with both Sloane Stephens and Madison Keys making the quarterfinals. Stephens went on to take 2nd. The US also had a few paddlers reach the semi-finals at this weeks ICF Slalom World Cup 1. The US did not do great at the Pan American Handball Championships. 

Both most recent seasons of Homeland and The Americans are AMAZING! 

Horrific fall for the Cypriot. Thankfully she seems to be okay.

Good Showing from the archers, too bad Ellison couldn’t pull off the win. The Mix Team result is quite good as well.

Week in Winter #2 - United States  
March 11th - March 25th 
 
(WIP)
Since I missed the previous week, I am covering both in this post.
 
Alpine Skiing
Going back to last week, we had the finals of the Alpine Skiing World Cup in Are, Sweden. In this, and the overall, the US fared very well on the women's side, but not as well on the men's side.
Ladies' Downhill:
 

 
Men's Downhill:

 

 
Ladies' Super G:

 
Men's Super G:
No competitors
 
Team Event:
No competitors
 
Ladies' Slalom:

 
Men's Slalom:

 

 

 
These results mean that Mikaela Shiffrin wins the Overall and Slalom Crystal Globes!
 
Biathlon
March 15th-18th there was a Biathlon WC Event in Oslo:
 
Women Sprint:
 

Men Sprint:

Women Relay:

Men Pursuit:

Women Pursuit:

Men Relay:

 
 
This was a great result for our women, especially Susan Dunklee! A podium finish for her, just her 7th career, and coming off one at the World Championships last year. 
 
This race was also significant for the US as it marked the end of the 2 top biathletes for the US, Lowell Bailey and Tim Burke. They both have had great careers and have come close to giving the US their first biathlon medal. I loved watching these gentlemen, and their absence will surely be felt. 
 
There was a Biathlon World Cup event in Tyumen, Russia that was the following week and concluded the season. This race was boycotted by the United States because of continued suspicion of Russian doping allegations.
Bobsleigh
The Bobsleigh World Cup will resume 7-9 December in Sigulda, Latvia.
 
Cross-Country Skiing
 
 
Curling
 
Figure Skating
 
 
Freestyle Skiing
 
 
Ice Hockey
 
Luge
The Luge World Cup will resume in November.
 
Nordic Combined
 
 
Short Track Speed Skating
 
Skeleton
The Skeleton World Cup will resume 7-9 December in Sigulda, Latvia.
 
Ski Jumping
 
 
Snowboarding
 
Speed Skating
 
 
 
 

yes

yes if a country qualifies the teams, it qualifies 3 individual

I sent an email to each federation for all the sports of the Olympic Games 2020 asking them for their qualification system, I will keep you informed of the answers I would have

Plans for 2018-2020 USA National Thread 
I notice that this National Thread is quite dead during the non Olympic months so I've created a system of posts that I will be posting from now until 2020. There will be three main different posts Week in Summer, Week in Winter, and Trek to Tokyo.
 
Week in Summer: The Week in Summer posts will be all different USA Summer Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics such as FINA World Diving Series or events like that.
Week in Winter: These posts will be all different USA Winter Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Beijing 2022 Olympics such as Curling World Championship or Alpine Skiing World Cup. 
NOTE: DUE TO SO MANY WINTER & SUMMER SPORTS THESE POSTS WILL BE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK RECAPPING THE WEEK!
 
Trek to Tokyo: These posts are all about USA qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The posts will come as matches happen for qualifying. 
 
NOTE: I know this will be a lot to handle but I've been working on a spreadsheet that helps me a ton, I think the only time I won't be able to post these is if I'm away from a computer (which is not much).  As we get closer to the Summer Olympics there will be more and more posts on Trek to Tokyo and probably less on Week in Summer. I've not yet finished my spread sheet for all the sports yet (I'm working on the summer sports first) so It might take a week or two before the Week in Summer & Week in Winter posts start up!

This was my first time watching the Winter Olympics from start to finish (I was only 13 during last Winter Olympics)
 
I really really enjoyed 
- Mixed Doubles Curling
- Short Track Speed Skating 
- Alpine Skiing 
 
Some great memories I had were
- Anastasia (Russian mixed doubles curling women) yelling "SVEEEEEP" 
- Red Gerard winning our first gold
- Gold Medal for Men USA Curling & Women Ice Hockey
- Lindsey Vonn last Olympics  
 
I'm extremely excited for Beijing 2022! 

This was my first time watching the Winter Olympics from start to finish (I was only 13 during last Winter Olympics)
 
I really really enjoyed 
- Mixed Doubles Curling
- Short Track Speed Skating 
- Alpine Skiing 
 
Some great memories I had were
- Anastasia (Russian mixed doubles curling women) yelling "SVEEEEEP" 
- Red Gerard winning our first gold
- Gold Medal for Men USA Curling & Women Ice Hockey
- Lindsey Vonn last Olympics  
 
I'm extremely excited for Beijing 2022! 

Plans for 2018-2020 USA National Thread 
I notice that this National Thread is quite dead during the non Olympic months so I've created a system of posts that I will be posting from now until 2020. There will be three main different posts Week in Summer, Week in Winter, and Trek to Tokyo.
 
Week in Summer: The Week in Summer posts will be all different USA Summer Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics such as FINA World Diving Series or events like that.
Week in Winter: These posts will be all different USA Winter Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Beijing 2022 Olympics such as Curling World Championship or Alpine Skiing World Cup. 
NOTE: DUE TO SO MANY WINTER & SUMMER SPORTS THESE POSTS WILL BE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK RECAPPING THE WEEK!
 
Trek to Tokyo: These posts are all about USA qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The posts will come as matches happen for qualifying. 
 
NOTE: I know this will be a lot to handle but I've been working on a spreadsheet that helps me a ton, I think the only time I won't be able to post these is if I'm away from a computer (which is not much).  As we get closer to the Summer Olympics there will be more and more posts on Trek to Tokyo and probably less on Week in Summer. I've not yet finished my spread sheet for all the sports yet (I'm working on the summer sports first) so It might take a week or two before the Week in Summer & Week in Winter posts start up!

Plans for 2018-2020 USA National Thread 
I notice that this National Thread is quite dead during the non Olympic months so I've created a system of posts that I will be posting from now until 2020. There will be three main different posts Week in Summer, Week in Winter, and Trek to Tokyo.
 
Week in Summer: The Week in Summer posts will be all different USA Summer Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Tokyo 2020 Olympics such as FINA World Diving Series or events like that.
Week in Winter: These posts will be all different USA Winter Olympic sport news that don't have a direct correlation to the Beijing 2022 Olympics such as Curling World Championship or Alpine Skiing World Cup. 
NOTE: DUE TO SO MANY WINTER & SUMMER SPORTS THESE POSTS WILL BE AT THE END OF EACH WEEK RECAPPING THE WEEK!
 
Trek to Tokyo: These posts are all about USA qualifying for the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics. The posts will come as matches happen for qualifying. 
 
NOTE: I know this will be a lot to handle but I've been working on a spreadsheet that helps me a ton, I think the only time I won't be able to post these is if I'm away from a computer (which is not much).  As we get closer to the Summer Olympics there will be more and more posts on Trek to Tokyo and probably less on Week in Summer. I've not yet finished my spread sheet for all the sports yet (I'm working on the summer sports first) so It might take a week or two before the Week in Summer & Week in Winter posts start up!