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Americans continue strong play at Pan American Games
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- Published 07/29/2007
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View all articles by News HoundAmericans continue strong play at Pan American Games
RIO DE JANEIRO, July 26 (Xinhua) -- The United States' huge gold-medal haul at the Pan American Games looked unstoppable as its wept half of the 14 gold medals at stake on Thursday.
Brazil has now overtaken Cuba in the medals table for the first time at these games. Both nations have 35 each, but Brazil has more overall medals. The United States leads the count with 81 golds.
American archer Jennifer Nichols set the tone when she edged out Aida Roman of Mexico to win her second consecutive Pan Ams women's archery individual gold medal.
"This has been an incredible experience," Nichols said. "This is a very elite group of competitors and a great international competition. I'm honored to be among such great athletes and am extremely happy to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games."
In free-style wrestling, Sara McMann (63kg) and Kristie Marano (72kg) added two gold medals for the United States. Colombia's Jackeline Renteria denied the Americans' third gold as she downed Marcie Vandusen in the 55-kg division, while Canadian Carol Huynh grabbed the gold medal in the 48-kg division.
The Americans made a clean sweep of bowling competitions, with Tennelle winning women's singles and Rhino Page grabbing top honor in men's singles.
The United States crushed Brazil 9-2 in men's water polo to win the Pan Ams title for the fourth straight time.
Canadian divers made a splash in the pool, with Alexandre Despatie leading the way.
Despatie struck gold in the men's 3-meter springboard event, while Emilie Heymans and Marie-Eve Marleau captured the top prize in the women's 10-meter synchronized platform.
"The key to success is not making mistakes. It's even possible to perform in a lower difficult level, but what's important is to perform well," said Despatie.
Despatie, the defending champion in the event, finished with 503.65 points, ahead of Cesar Castro of Brazil (492.70) and Troy Dumais of the United States (484.25).
Marta scored two goals and set up two more to help Brazil beat the United States 5-0 and win its second consecutive Pan American Games title in women's soccer.
Canada, runner-up to Brazil at the 2003 games, grabbed bronze by beating Mexico 2-1.
Track and field had a rest day on Thursday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/27/content_6436934.htm
Brazil has now overtaken Cuba in the medals table for the first time at these games. Both nations have 35 each, but Brazil has more overall medals. The United States leads the count with 81 golds.
American archer Jennifer Nichols set the tone when she edged out Aida Roman of Mexico to win her second consecutive Pan Ams women's archery individual gold medal.
"This has been an incredible experience," Nichols said. "This is a very elite group of competitors and a great international competition. I'm honored to be among such great athletes and am extremely happy to win a gold medal at the Pan American Games."
In free-style wrestling, Sara McMann (63kg) and Kristie Marano (72kg) added two gold medals for the United States. Colombia's Jackeline Renteria denied the Americans' third gold as she downed Marcie Vandusen in the 55-kg division, while Canadian Carol Huynh grabbed the gold medal in the 48-kg division.
The Americans made a clean sweep of bowling competitions, with Tennelle winning women's singles and Rhino Page grabbing top honor in men's singles.
The United States crushed Brazil 9-2 in men's water polo to win the Pan Ams title for the fourth straight time.
Canadian divers made a splash in the pool, with Alexandre Despatie leading the way.
Despatie struck gold in the men's 3-meter springboard event, while Emilie Heymans and Marie-Eve Marleau captured the top prize in the women's 10-meter synchronized platform.
"The key to success is not making mistakes. It's even possible to perform in a lower difficult level, but what's important is to perform well," said Despatie.
Despatie, the defending champion in the event, finished with 503.65 points, ahead of Cesar Castro of Brazil (492.70) and Troy Dumais of the United States (484.25).
Marta scored two goals and set up two more to help Brazil beat the United States 5-0 and win its second consecutive Pan American Games title in women's soccer.
Canada, runner-up to Brazil at the 2003 games, grabbed bronze by beating Mexico 2-1.
Track and field had a rest day on Thursday.
http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-07/27/content_6436934.htm
