Month: July 2015
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David Boudia’s Quest For World Championship Gold
NBCSports Olympic platform champion David Boudia believes not one but two medals are possible at the World Diving Championships that begin this weekend in Kazan, Russia. Boudia, who in 2012 became the first American to win an individual Olympic diving medal since 2000, hopes to earn a third straight Worlds platform medal on the final…
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Marlen Esparza Clinches Pan American Games Medals With Quarter final Victories
TeamUSA (TORONTO, CANADA) – 2012 Olympic champion Claressa Shields (Flint, Mich.) and Olympic bronze medalist Marlen Esparza (Houston, Texas) both made triumphant Pan American Games debuts on Monday afternoon at the Oshawa Sports Centre in Toronto, Canada. The Olympic duo clinched medals in their first Pan American Games with wins in Monday’s quarterfinal competition. …
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Team USA Brings Home Gold
Congratulations to Coach Liang Chow and Team USA gymnastics for bringing home the Gold medal at the 2015 Pan American Games in Toronto!
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Marlen Esparza: One To Watch
ESPN The Pan American Games are often looked at as the “mini” Olympics: held the year before the Summer Games, they offer athletes a chance to gain international experience and member nations the opportunity to claim Olympic quota spots. However, there’s nothing small about these Games, which involve more than 6,000 athletes from 41 countries…