United States eyes Pan American return after loss and medal chase
The Americans seek revenge after an 86-81 semifinal defeat to Cuba at the Pan American Games as they chase medals. The United States routed Puerto Rico 115-77 in a prior round, while Lithuania looms in a looming semifinal. Medal totals show the Unified Team leading with 81, the US with 68, and Germany at 51 as China closes in. Four U.S. boxers competed Tuesday with Tim Austin advancing to a medal bout and Montell Griffin suffering a tough defeat.
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Olympic Archery and Badminton Medalists Listed
The scoreboard lists archery gold for Spain with Juan Carlos Holgado Romero Antonio Vazquez Megido and Alfonso Menendez Vailin silver for Finland and bronze for Britain. In badminton singles gold goes to Alan Budik Kusuma of Indonesia with silver to Ardy Wiranata, bronze to Thomas Stuer-Lauridsen and Hermawan Susanto. Doubles gold goes to Kim Moon-Soo Park of South Korea with silver to Eddy Hartono Ri Gunawan from Indonesia and bronze to Li Yongbo Tian Bingyi and Sidek Razif Si.
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Tomi Jaakko Poikolainen
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Hermawan Susanto
Indonesia
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Park
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Eddy Hartono
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Tian Bingyi
China
Sidek Razif
International Medal Winners Highlight Diverse Team Honors
Medal rounds list gold silver bronze for several teams across fencing and equestrian events. Notable names include Susi Susanti Indonesia and Huang Hua China in martial arts, plus rows for Italy Germany Romania and France in fencing. Team event results feature mixed nations with Taiwan Japan Cuba the United States and South Korea earning medals.
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China
Hwang Hye Young
Chung So-Young
South Korea
Guan Weizhen
Qunhua
Gil Young-An
Shim Eun-Jung
Lin Yanfen
Yao Fen
Italy
Giovanna Trittini
Margherita Zalaffi
Francesca Bortolozzi
Diana Bianchedi
Dorina ‘Accaroni
Germany
Sabine Christiane Bau
Zita-Eva Funkenhauser
Annette Dobmeier
Anja Fichtel-Mauritz
Monika Weber- Koszto
Romania
Reka Zsofia Szabo
Claudia Laura Grigorescu
Elisabeta Tufan
Laura Gabriela Badea
Roxana Daniela Dumitresc
Cuba Dominates United States In Olympic Semi Final
Cuba remains undefeated at 8-0 as they overpower the United States 6-1 in the medal round. Orestes Kindelan homered, Victor Mesa delivered key hits, and Osvaldo Fernandez stifled U S bats before Omar Ajete closed the game with a strikeout on Nevin. Taiwan will meet Cuba for gold while Japan challenges the U S for bronze.
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May Edges May In Controversial Amateur Bout
In a tense semifinal clash Cuban doctor cleared a cut over the German champion’s eye but a late head-down penalty gave May a 6-4 victory. Griffin protested the foul ruling while Marquez fell 16-12 to Delibas after a tight two rounds battle. La Donald also lost as the U S Cuba tournament continued.
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