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Lane One
On your marks, set, shoot! Is the IAAF pointing a gun at its own head? 3
Vox Populi: About our story on Justin Gatlin winning the 100 m 5

The Main Event

IAAF World Track & Field Championships in London
Athletics: Sam Kendricks soars 19-6 1/4 for pole vault gold 6
Athletics: IAAF World Champs U.S. television schedule 9
Athletics: Previews of Wednesdays three finals 9

On Deck
Archery: Fourth World Cup starts in Berlin 13
Diving: U.S. Nationals reach elite classes this weekend 14
Rugby: U.S. starts play in women's Rugby World Cup 15

Scoreboard
Canoeing: Hungary and Czech Rep. tops at World Junior Championships 16
Cycling: Kung leads BinckBank Tour after two stages 17
Field Hockey: Pan American Cup continues in Lancaster 18
Rowing: U.S. World Championship Trials on at Mercer Lake 19
Rowing: U.S. wins three medals at World Junior Championships 19
Swimming: Hosszu strikes: 4 wins, 1 World Record in Berlin World Cup 20
Wrestling: U.S. claims 11 medals at World Junior Championships 22

Agenda: Competition Calendar 23

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C Lane One C
On your marks, set, shoot!
Is the IAAF pointing a gun at its own head?

For even casual fans of Olympic sports, this has been a great couple of
weeks, with the swimming portion of the FINA World Championships
and now a wonderful edition of the IAAF World Track & Field
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Championships in London.

The 2012 Olympic stadium is full and loud, the competition has been
dynamic and suspenseful and even the television coverage has taken a
substantial step forward with better use of rolling cameras around the
track that show determination, pain, joy and desperation on the faces
of the competitors.

But as the meet continues in the British capital, the International

Association of Athletics Federations, under the direction of its British president, Sebastian Coe,
understands well what British playwright William Shakespeare wrote 420 years ago in Henry IV:
Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.

Despite this weeks continuing triumph, the IAAF is under siege and Coe knows it as well as anyone:

C The IAAF is the leader among the international sports federations in the fight against doping,
thanks to its suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation, but it is also among the most
heavily criticized because of the pervasive nature of doping in its past and continuing
challenges today;

C The continuing spectre of a hugely-embarrassing investigation involving immediate past IAAF

president Lamine Diack of Senegal, accused of influence-peddling and taking bribes in
connection with the selection of IAAF World Championships hosts and covering up Russian
doping positives, and now former IAAF Council member (and Olympic medalist) Frankie
Fredericks (NAM), also accused of taking payoffs;

C While the 2017 Worlds are a roaring success so far the situation is far from cloudless. The
2017 World U-18 Championships in Nairobi, Kenya was skipped by Australia, Canada, Great
Britain, New Zealand, Switzerland and the U.S. over security concerns. The next World
Championships in 2019 will be in Doha, Qatar, in the 48,000-seat Khalifa International
Stadium from 28 September-6 October. Hard to see the same turnout and enthusiasm there as
for the 2017 Worlds in London.

C Other federations have the IAAF in their sights, or rather the IAAFs share of funding from the
International Olympic Committee. For decades, the IAAF received the largest single share of

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money from the IOCs distribution of television rights fees as the only Tier One sport. Now,
swimming and gymnastics are also Tier One sports and the international volleyball federation
(FIVB) has publicly stated its goal of becoming a Tier One sport by 2020.

C The IAAFs continuing lack of transparency is well known. In contrast to the IOC and even
FINA, it does not publish any financial statements and a determined search of the IAAFs Web
site and other online sites turns up only a 2010 newspaper story from The Guardian indicating
that the IAAF then faced a potential financial apocalypse. And today?

So what now? The latest whisper is that the IAAF is considering a branding campaign to overhaul its
tainted reputation and will change its name to something like World Athletics so we can have the
World Athletics Championships or WAC and wipe its record book clean so as to eliminate any
marks that were made by dopers ... and throw out all the marks that werent.

What is this, Russian Roulette?

Is the International Olympic Committee, still mired in the Russian doping scandal from Sochi,
considering changing its name from Olympic to Delphic or Titanic or Pythian or some other term
associated with Greek mythology?

No, and this is not the biggest problem facing track & field. Coe knows the problem and said so with
clarity in his election manifesto in 2014:

To many within and outside our sport, our calendar seems disjointed, lacks a narrative and
the essential glue to build excitement and a loyal and passionate following.

Many fans dont know when the athletics season starts, when it ends, why it seems to bounce
around from the USA to Europe to Asia and back again. A harmonised calendar is the key to
promotion, marketing, the athletes and member federation development and we must
address this.

Fan bases develop around sports whose schedules are clear and consistent. Team sports knows this,
and so do golf and tennis everyone knows more or less when the major tournaments take place on
the calendar, if not the actual dates and track & field must do the same.

Showcase the sport and its stars in a six-month competition format that leads to a championship
climax at the end of a season. The rest will follow.

Put the gun down. Dont waste time and money on branding; get on with the real work.

Rich Perelman
Editor

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C Vox Populi C
| Regarding Mondays Lane One column, Amid the jeers, cheers for
Justin Gatlin, we got these comments (among others):

There's something to be said for taking the opposing or unpopular

viewpoint in an editorial, but with respect you could not be more wrong
with your lead comments about Gatlin.

I can only imagine that this is a knee-jerk reaction to his booing, or

some sort of misplaced nationalism at seeing an unpopular American
winner abroad, and yes, he behaved well after his 100m win.

But where was the traditional Perelman deep research into background, particularly that of his
coaches over the years, men like Dennis Mitchell.

Where was your consideration of the larger picture of drugs being the major problem in track today
and then to have a proven drugs cheat win the 100 m. If I were a Russian today I'd be laughing at the
IAAF and their attempts to clean up the sport.

As for sending the right message to our kids, is it do whatever it takes including doping, but just
win?

Sorry Rich, you just false started!

~ Tony Duffy (Encinitas, California)

Re: @justingatlin Scoreboard ... respect the effort and the perseverance to succeed ... good for
him!
~ Paul Roberts (Beverly Hills, California)

Having Justin Gatlin and Mo Farah on the victory podium @ London is an absolute disgrace and
dishonor to all other clean-living athletes in the competition.
~ Bill Bell (Mar Vista, California)

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C The Main Event C

Athletics:
Sam Kendricks soars 19-6 1/4 for pole vault gold
in World Championships in London

IAAF World Championships

| Rio silver medalist Sam Kendricks came into the London World Championships as the clear
favorite, but that didnt mean he could have an easy time, and he didnt.

The tri-bronze medalists from the 2015 championships, Frances 2012 Olympic champion, Renaud
Lavillenie and Polands 1-2 punch of Piotr Lisek and Pawel Wojciechowski the 2013 World
Champ were ready to go.

But even with the cold, low-60s conditions in the Olympic Stadium, Kendricks started well and had
first-try clearances at 5.50 m (18-0 1/2), 5.65 m (18-6 1/2), 5.75 m (18-10 1/2), 5.82 m (19-1) and
5.89 m (19-3 3/4) to stand in first place when the bar got to 5.95 m (19-6 1/4).

Wojciechowski was already out and finished fifth behind a Chinese national record of 5.82 m by
Changrui Xue. Lisek and Lavillenie had missed once at 5.82 m, and both passed to 5.89 m,
recognizing that Kendricks was ahead on misses.

Lisek made his first try at 5.89 m to keep going and Lavillenie popped over on his second try, so the
decision would likely be made at 5.95 m.

Kendricks had two good shots at the bar, but knocked it off each time. Lisek wasnt as close on his first
two tries and Lavillenie missed twice.

That gave Kendricks a chance to put all the pressure on the others with a clearance and he snaked
cleanly around the bar to be the first to clear at 5.95 m. What response from the others?

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Lisek missed and left the competition in either second or third. Lavillenie recognized that clearing
5.95 m would get him into second, but he was in for the win, as he has never won an outdoor World
Championships.

So he passed on his last trial at 5.95 m and still had one effort remaining, but now at 6.01 m (19-8
1/2), a height he had cleared in the past, but Kendricks had not. If he cleared and Kendricks missed
three times, Lavillenie would win the event.

Because Kendricks was first in the order, he took the first jump at 6.01 m and missed. Lavillenie gave
it a good try, but could not get over and the gold belonged to the American. Its the first World
Championships win for the U.S. since Brad Walker in 2007, and only the third World
Championships medal for the U.S. this century behind Walker (2) and a bronze for Nick Hysong in
2001.

I have never been in a competition like [today], said Kendricks. The crowd gave everything in their
hearts to support me. After that final jump, I went to give my mother and father a hug. They mean the
world to me. It is all part of a mission for me. I make a goal and chop it down to make it attainable.
I've finally got that world title and I could not be happier. I've enjoyed 10 straight victories this year, it
is a blessing to get another today. I compete against these guys all the time so we are no strangers to
one another. It was another fantastic competition today and I had to jump high to take the gold.

That was one of two medals on the day for the U.S. in a shorter program that the previous days in
London:

C American Evan Jager was trying to break Kenyas streak of five straight World
Championships in the 3,000 m Steeplechase and was favored to do so.

Jager took the lead in the middle of the race and upped the pace, leading Olympic champion
Conseslus Kipruto (KEN) and Moroccos Soufiane El Bakkali at the bell, but Kipruto
had more speed than anyone else down the back straight and only El Bakkali could keep close.
Jager was third with a half-lap to to and stayed there, as Kipruto played to the crowd and
clowned during the final 50 meters on the way to a convincing 8:14.12 win, with El Bakkali
second (8:14.49) and Hager third (8:15.53).

I thought it was going to go a little slow for the first (kilometer) and if that happened, we
thought it was best for me to try to get rid of guys by going hard from 3 or 4 laps to go, said
Jager afterwards. You make it a strength race by going a little bit further out and I thought
that I was in the best 3, 000 m steeplechase [shape] in the field. I just wanted to make it hard.

Its tough, its hard to run over half the race from the lead and still win. I was essentially a
rabbit for Conseslus and El Bakkali. I knew that they were probably strong enough to be there
with a lap to go. I was just hoping I was strong enough to take the kick out of their legs and still
have something the last 100 meters. I didnt quite have it that last lap. I figured I was still
pretty close to first, so Im a little disappointed that I didnt come away with the win, but Im
happy I stayed in the top three and got on the podium.

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Jagers bronze is nothing to sneeze at; its the first American medal in the mens Steeple in the
history of the World Championships. American Stanley Kebenei, who has quietly become a
factor in the event this season, was well placed coming off the last water jump in fourth, but
finished a very creditable fifth (8:21.09).

C The mens 800 m final was hard to figure, other than that Canadas Brandon McBride
would take it out early. He passed 400 m in 50.78, ensuring a reasonably fast race, but coming
into the final 200 m, it looked like Kenyas 19-year-old Kipyegon Bett was the likely winner.

But Frances Pierre-Ambrose Bosse had the best speed down the straightaway and won
going away. Polands Adam Kszczot put on his patented charge from the back of the pack to
pass Botswanas Nijel Amos and then Bett in the final meters to collect the silver. Britains
Kyle Langford sprinted past Amos at the end, but fell short of Bett for bronze by 0.04.

The time was a modest 1:44.67, with Kszczot at 1:44.95 and Bett at 1:45.21, but Bosse didnt
care. He told in-stadium field announcer, Trust me, I live my dream. Or am I dreaming?
Thanks to the crowd for the support. I still can't believe it.

C What would Wayde van Niekerk do was the question in the mens 400 m, especially when
potential rival Isaac Makwala (BOT) was prevented from entering the stadium by the
British health authorities, as he was quarantined and supposed to stay in his hotel room until
Wednesday afternoon.

Its not likely Makwala would have changed the outcome, as van Niekerk made an almost
effortless tour of the track, trotting the last 20 meters on the way to an easy 43.98-44.41 win
over Steven Gardiner of the Bahamas. The surprise was Qatars Abdalelah Harroun in
third in a season-best 44.48.

American hope Fred Kerley looked strong for 200 m, but could not hold and after running
43.70 in June, ran 45.23 and was seventh.

With Kerleys performance, no other Americans in the final and LaShawn Merritt nursing
an injury, the U.S. chances in the 4x400 m Relay are not as bright as normal.

C In the womens Javelin, Barbora Spotakova (CZE) added a second World Championships
title to he two Olympic golds with a 66.76 m (219-0) throw in the second round. Chinas
Lingwei Li had the meet of her life with a PR at the right time, at 66.25 m (217-4) almost
four feet better than before to grab second for her first international medal. Her teammate
Huihui Lyu was solid in third at 65.26 m (214-1). Olympic champ Sara Kolak (CRO) has
been inconsistent all year and was just ordinary in London, finishing fourth in 64.95 m (213-1),
well back of his 68.43 m (224-6) earlier this season.

The norovirus bug, which hit Makwala, and other athletes from Canada, Germany and Ireland, is
developed as a major story in the meet. Arriving Irish athletes were booked into a different hotel.

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The schedule, with television information as updated (note that U.S. times are shown) and finals on
each day:

C 9 August: Wednesday: NBCSN at 2 p.m.

= W Shot Put, M 400 m Hurdles, W 400 m

C 10 August: Thursday: NBCSN at 2 p.m.

= M Triple Jump, W 400 m Hurdles, M 200 m

C 11 August: Friday: NBCSN at 5 a.m. (morning session); NBC Olympic Channel at 2

p.m.
= M Decathlon, W 100 m Hurdles heats (morning);
= W Long Jump, M Hammer, W Steeplechase, W200 m

C 12 August: Saturday: NBCSN at 5 a.m. (morning session); NBC at 3 p.m.

= M Decathlon, relays heats (morning);
= W High Jump, W 100 m Hurdles, M Javelin, M 5,000 m, M
Decathlon, W 4x100 m, M 4x100 m

C 13 August: Sunday: Olympic Channel at 3 a.m. (morning session); NBC at 2:30 p.m.
= M 50 km Walk, W 20 km Walk, M 20 km Walk (morning);
= M High Jump, W Discus, W 5,000 m, W 800 m, M 1,500 m, W
4x100 m, M 4x100 m

There is considerable prize money at stake in London:

C Individual events: $60,000-30,000-20,000-15,000-10,000-6,000-5,000-4,000

C Relays (per team): $80,000-40,000-20,000-16,000-12,000-8,000-6,000-4,000

World Records are worth $100,000, but can only be won once per event during the meet.

The IAAF has excellent live results and even a radio broadcast and a live blog going during the
Worlds; click here to access its World Champs sub-site.

Previews of Thursdays finals:

C Womens Shot Put

The formchart: Gold Silver Bronze

WCh 13 Moscow Valerie Adams (NZL) Chris. Schwanitz (GER) Lijiao Gong (CHN)
WCh 15 Beijing Christ. Schwanitz (GER) Lijiao Gong (CHN) Michelle Carter (USA)
OG 16 Rio Michelle Carter (USA) Valerie Adams (NZL) Anita Marton (HUN)

World Record: 22.63 m Natalya Kisovskaya (RUS) (74-3) 1987

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Leading Entries: 20.11 m Lijiao Gong (CHN) (65-11 3/4)

19.76 m Raven Saunders (USA) (64-10)
19.64 m Dani Bunch (USA) (64-5 1/4)
19.63 m Anita Marton (HUN) (64-5)
19.34 m Michelle Carter (USA) (63-5 1/2)

| Gong, Carter, Marton and Saunders all made the automatic standard with ease in qualifying and
the medals will likely be given to three of those four. Saunders is the least experienced, but was fifth in
Rio last year.

Dont count out Carter. At Rio, she had seasonal bests in rounds two and four and a personal best and
world-leading 20.63 m (67-8 1/4) to win the gold medal. Shes not out of it until after her final throw.

C Mens 400 m Hurdles

The formchart: Gold Silver Bronze

WCh 13 Moscow Jehue Gordon (TTO) Michael Tinsley (USA) Emir Bekric (SRB)
WCh 15 Beijing Nicholas Bett (KEN) Denis Kudryavtsev (RUS) Jeffrey Gibson (BAH)
OG 16 Rio Kerron Clement (USA) Boniface Tumulti (KEN) Yasmani Copello (TUR)

World Record: 46.78 Kevin Young (USA) 1992

Leading Entries: 47.80 Kyron McMaster (IVB)
48.02 Kerron Clement (USA)
48.18 Eric Futch (USA)
48.24 Yasmani Copello (TUR)
48.25 Karsten Warholm (NOR)

| Olympic champion Clement gave a clinic on how to run all the way to the finish in the first
semifinal, coming from well back on the home straight to edge Norways Warholm, 48.35-48.43, in
the two fastest qualifying times. T.J. Holmes (49.12) won the second semi over Switzerlands
Kariem Hussein (49.13) and Qatars Abderrahaman Samba surprised in semi three (48.75),
ahead of the permanently-dangerous Yasmani Copello (TUR, 48.91).

Clement has to be the favorite and has lane four, with Warholm and Samba outside of him. Those
three, Holmes and Copello should be the medal contenders, but with Clements experience, look for
him to be charging down the home straight as others fade.

C Womens 400 m

The formchart: Gold Silver Bronze

WCh 13 Moscow Chris. Ohuruogu (GBR) Amantle Monsho (BOT) Steph. McPherson (JAM)
WCh 15 Beijing Allyson Felix (USA) Shaunae Miller (BAH) Shericka Jackson (JAM)
OG 16 Rio Shaunae Miller (BAH) Allyson Felix (USA) Shericka Jackson (JAM)

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World Record: 47.60 Marita Koch (GER) 1985

Leading Entries: 49.65 Allyson Felix (USA)
49.71 Quanera Hayes (USA)
49.77 Shaunae Miller-Uibo (BAH)
49.96 Phyllis Francis (USA)
50.00 Kendall Ellis (USA)

| Felix? Miller-Uibo? Those are the conventional choices, but Salwa Eid Naser of Bahrain
shocked everyone with a national record win over Felix (!) in semi two in 50.08. No one else ran faster
than 50.36 in the semis.

To win, even with the cool London temps, 50 seconds wont cut it. Felix, Miller-Uibo and Francis are
all primed to run in the mid-49s or faster. Can anyone else keep up?

With two more medals on Tuesday, the U.S. now has 11 medals (3-5-3) after five of the 10 days, with
Kenya second at 7 (3-1-3) and South Africa and Poland tied at four. In the placing table, awarding
points for places 1-8 and a much better indicator of overall team strength, the U.S. is leading Kenya,
96-76, with Poland at 51, Ethiopia at 39 and Jamaica, 38.

Summaries so far:

IAAF World Championships Langford (GBR), 1:45.25; 5. Nijel Amos

London (GBR) ~ 4-13 August 2017.
(Full results here)
Men
100 m (wind: -0.8 m/s) 1. Justin Gatlin
(USA), 9.92; 2. Christian Coleman (USA),
9.94; 3. Usain Bolt (JAM), 9.95; 4. Yohan
Blake (JAM), 9.99; 5. Akani Simbine (RSA),
10.01; 6. Jimmy Vicaut (FRA), 10.08; 7.
Reese Prescod (GBR), 10.17; 8. Bingtian Su
(CHN), 10.27.
400 m: 1. Wayde van Niekerk (RSA),
43.98; 2. Steven Gardiner (BAH), 44.41; 3.
Abdalelah Harroun (QAT), 44.48; 4. Baboloki
Thebe (BOT), 44.66; 5. Nathon Allen (JAM),
44.88; 6. Demish Gaye (JAM), 45.04; 7. Fred
Kerley (USA), 45.23. Isaac Makwala (BOT),
did not start.
800 m: 1. Pierre-Ambrose Bosse (FRA),
1:44.67; 2. Adam Kszczot (POL), 1:44.95; 3.
Kipyegon Bett (KEN), 1:45.21; 4. Kyle
(BOT), 1:45.83; 6. Mohammed Aman (ETH),
1:46.06; 7. Thiago Andre (BRA), 1:46.30; 8.
Brandon McBride (CAN), 1:47.09.
3,000 m Steeplechase: 1. Conseslus
Kipruto (KEN), 8:14.12; 2. Soufiane El
Bakkali (MAR), 8:14.49; 3. Evan Jager
(USA), 8:15.53; 4. Mahiedine Mekhissi
(FRA), 8:15.80; 5. Stanley Kebenei (USA),
8:21.09; 6. Matthew Hughes (CAN), 8:21.84;
7. Tesfaye Deriba (ETH), 8:22.12; 8. Tafese
Seboka (ETH), 8:23.02.
10,000 m: 1. Mo Farah (GBR), 26:49.51;
2. Joshua Cheptegei (UGA), 26:49.94; 3.
Paul Tanui (KEN), 26:50.60; 4. Bedan Karoki
Muchiri (KEN), 26:52.12; 5. Jemal Yifer
(ETH), 26:56.11; 6. Geoffrey Kamworor
(KEN), 26:57.77; 7. Abadi Hadis (ETH),
26:59.19; 8. Mohammed Amed (CAN), 27:02.35.
Also: 9. Shadrack Kipchirchir (USA),
27:02.55; ... 13. Leonard Korir (USA),
27:20.18; ... 15. Hassan Mead (USA),

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27:32.49.
Marathon: 1. Geoffrey Kirui (KEN),
2:08:27; 2. Tamirat Tola (ETH), 2:09:49; 3.
Alphonce Simbu (TAN), 2:09:51; 4. Callum
Hawkins (GBR), 2:10:17; 5. Gideon Kipketer
(KEN), 2:10:56; 6. Daniele Meucci (ITA),
2:10:56; 7. Yohanes Ghebregergis (ERI),
2:12:07; 8. Daniel Wanjiru (KEN), 2:12:16.
Also: 16. Elkanah Kibet (USA), 2:15:14; ...
42. Bobby Curtis (USA), 2:21:22; ...
Augustus Maiyo (USA), did not finish.
110 m Hurdles (0.0): 1. Omar Mcleod
(JAM), 13.04; 2. Sergey Shubenkov (RUS),
13.14; 3. Balazs Baji (HUN), 13.28; 4.
Garfield Darien (FRA), 13.30; 5. Aries
Merritt (USA), 13.31; 6. Shane Brathwaite
(BAR), 13.32; 7. Orlando Ortega (ESP),
13.37; 8. Hansle Parchment (JAM), 13.37.
Pole Vault: 1. Sam Kendricks (USA), 5.95
m (19-6 1/4); 2. Piotr Lisek (POL), 5.89 m
(19-3 3/4); 3. Renaud Lavillenie (FRA),
5.89 m (19-3 3/4); 4. Changrui Xue (CHN),
5.82 m (19-1); 5. Pawel Wojciechowski
(POL), 5.75 m (18-10 1/4); 6. Axel Chapelle
(FRA), 5.65 m (18-6 1/2); 7. Kurtis
Marschall (AUS), 5.65 m (18-6 1/2); 8.
Shawn Barber (CAN), 5.65 m (18-6 1/2).
Long Jump: 1. Luvo Manyonga (RSA), 8.48
m (27-10); 2. Jarrion Lawson (USA), 8.44 m
(27-8 1/4); 3. Ruswahl Samaai (RSA), 8.32 m
(27-3 3/4); 4. Aleksandr Menkov (RUS), 8.27
m (27-1 3/4); 5. Maykel Masso (CUB), 8.26 m
(27-1 1/4); 6. Yuhao Shi (CHN), 8.23 m (27-
0); 7. Jianan Wang (CHN), 8.23 m (27-0); 8.
Michel Torneus (SWE), 8.18 m (26-10).
Shot: 1. Tomas Walsh (NZL), 22.03 m (72-
3 1/2); 2. Joe Kovacs (USA), 21.66 m (71-0
3/4); 3. Stipe Zunic (CRO), 21.46 (70-5);
4. Tomas Stanek (CZE), 21.41 m (70-3); 5.
Michal Haratyk (POL), 21.41 m (70-3); 6.
Ryan Crouser (USA), 21.20 m (69-6 3/4); 7.
Ryan Whiting (USA), 21.09 m (69-2 1/2); 8.
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Konrad Bukowiecki (POL), 20.89 m (68-6
1/2). Also: 11. Darrell Hill (USA), 20.79 m
(68-2 1/2).
Discus: 1. Andrius Gudzius (LTU), 69.21
m (227-0); 2. Daniel Stahl (SWE), 69.19 m
(227-0); 3. Mason Finley (USA), 68.03 m
(223-2); 4. Fedrick Dacres (JAM), 65.83 m
(215-11); 5. Piotr Malachowski (POL), 65.24
m (214-0); 6. Robert Harting (GER), 65.10 m
(213-7); 7. Robert Urbanek (POL), 64.15 m
(210-5); 8. Traves Smikle (JAM), 64.04 m
(210-1).
Women
100 m (wind: +0.1 m/s): 1. Tori Bowie
(USA), 10.85; 2. Marie-Josee Ta Lou (CIV),
10.86; 3. Dafne Schippers (NED), 10.96; 4.
Murielle Ahoure (CIV), 10.98; 5. Elaine
Thompson (JAM), 10.98; 6. Michelle-Lee Ahye
(TTO), 11.01; 7. Rosangela Santos (BRA),
11.06; 8. Kelly-Ann Baptiste (TTO), 11.09.
1,500 m: 1. Faith Kipyegon (KEN),
4:02.59; 2. Jenny Simpson (USA), 4:02.76;
3. Caster Semenya (RSA), 4:02.90; 4. Laura
Muir (GBR), 4:02.97; 5. Sifan Hassan (NED),
4:03.34; 6. Laura Weightman (GBR), 4:04.11;
7. Angelika Cichocka (POL), 4:04.16; 8.
Rababe Arafi (MAR), 4:04.35.
10,000 m: 1. Almaz Ayana (ETH),
30:16.32; 2. Tirunesh Dibaba (ETH),
31:02.69; 3. Agnes Tirop (KEN), 31:03.50;
4. Alice Aprot Nawowuma (KEN), 31:11.86; 5.
Susan Krumins (NED), 31:20.24; 6. Emily
Infeld (USA), 31:20.45; 7. Irene Cheptai
(KEN), 31:21.11; 8. Molly Huddle (USA),
31:24.78. Also: 9. Emily Sisson (USA),
31:26.36.
Marathon: 1. Rose Chelimo (BRN),
2:27:11; 2. Edna Kiplagat (KEN), 2:27:18;
3. Amy Cragg (USA), 2:17:18; 4. Flomena
Daniel (KEN), 2:27:21; 5. Shure Demise
(ETH), 2:27:58; 6. Eunice Kirwa (BRN),
2:28:17; 7. Helah Kiprop (KEN), 2:28:19; 8.
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Mare Dibaba (ETH), 2:28:49. Also: 11.
Serena Burla (USA), 2:29:32; ... 37.
Lindsay Flanagan (USA), 2:39:47.
Pole Vault: 1. Ekaterina Stefanidi
(GRE), 4.91 m (16-1 1/4); 2. Sandi Morris
(USA), 4.75 m (15-7); 3. tie, Robeilys
Peinado (VEN) and Yarisley Silva (CUB),
4.65 m (15-3); 5. Lisa Ryzih (GER), 4.65 m
(15-3); 6. Holly Bradshaw (GBR), 4.65 m
(15-3); 7. Alysha Newman (CAN), 4.65 m (15-
3); 8. Olga Mullina (RUS), 4.55 m (14-11).
Triple Jump: 1. Yulimar Rojas (VEN),
14.91 m (48-11); 2. Caterine Ibarguen
(COL), 14.89 m (48-10 1/4); 3. Olga
Rypakova (KAZ), 14.77 m (48-5 1/2); 4.
Hanna Knyazyeva-Minenko (ISR), 14.42 m (47-
3 3/4); 5. Kristin Gierisch (GER), 14.33 m
(47-0 1/4); 6. Anna Jagaciak (POL), 14.25 m
(46-9); 7. Ana Peleteiro (ESP), 14.23 m
(46-8 1/4); 8. Shanieka Ricketts (JAM),
14.13 m (46-4 1/4).
Hammer: 1. Anita Wlodarczyk (POL), 77.90
m (255-7); 2. Zheng Wang (CHN), 75.98 m
(249-3); 3. Malwina Kopron (POL), 74.76 m
(245-3); 4. Wenxiu Zhang (CHN), 74.53 m
(244-6); 5. Hanna Skydan (AZE), 73.38 m
(240-9); 6. Joanna Fiodorow (POL), 73.04 m
(239-7); 7. Sophie Hitchon (GBR), 72.32 m
(237-3); 8. Katerina Safrankova (CZE),
71.34 m (234-1). Also: 9. Deanna Price
(USA), 70.04 m (229-9).
Javelin: 1. Barbora Spotakova (CZE),
66.76 m (219-0); 2. Lingwei Li (CHN), 66.25
m (217-4); 3. Huihui Lyu (CHN), 65.26 m
(214-1); 4. Sara Kolak (CRO), 64.95 m (213-
1); 5. Eda Tugsuz (TUR), 64.52 m (211-8);
6. Tatsiana Khaladovich (BLR), 64.05 m
(210-1); 7. Katharina Molitor (GER), 63.75
m (209-2); 8. Shiying Liu (CHN), 62.84 m
(206-2).
Heptathlon: 1. Nafi Thiam (BEL), 6,784;
2. Carolin Schafer (GER), 6,696; 3. Anouk
Vetter (NED), 6,636; 4. Yorgelis Rodriguez
(CUB), 6,594; 5. Katarina Johnson-Thompson
(GBR), 6,558; 6. Ivona Dadic (AUT), 6.417;
7. Nadine Visser (NED), 6,370; 8. Claudia
Salman-Rath (GER), 6,362. Also: 12. Kendell
Williams (USA), 6,220; ... 18. Erica
Bougard (USA), 6,036; ... 20. Sharon Day-
Monroe (USA), 6,006.

C On Deck C
Previews of upcoming international competitions of note
For our detailed calendar of events, click here

Archery

Fourth World Cup starts in Berlin

| After a six-week break for national championships and the World Games, archers are gathering in
Berlin for the fourth and last regular World Cup of the season. After this weekend, only the World Cup
Final in Rome (2-3 September) will remain before the World Championships in October in Mexico
City.

The 2017 World Cup has been one of surprises, as no archer has won more than once on tour:

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Recurve (Olympic) Division winners: Women:

C Shanghai: Steve Wijler (NED) Bo-Bae Ki (KOR)
C Antalya: J-C Valladont (FRA) Ksenia Perova (RuS)
C Salt Lake City: Dong-Hyun Im (KOR) Hye-Jin Chang (KOR)

Compound Division winners: Women:

C Shanghai: Stephen Hansen (DEN) Sara Lopez (COL)
C Antalya: Hsiang-Hsaun Chen (TPE) Sarah Sonnichsen (DEN)
C Salt Lake City: Mike Schloesser (NED) Andrea Marcos (ESP)

All six of the Recurve winners this season are entered and four of the six Compound winners, making
this tournament a wide-open affair. Only three Recurve archers have won two medals this season, all
from Korea: mens medalists Im and Woo-Jin Kim (also entered) and Chang among the women.

Among the Compound archers, Denmarks Sonnichsen has won a medal in all three World Cups, as
has Sara Lopez (COL, not entered). Among the men, only Hansen (DEN) has two World Cup
medals this season.

For the U.S., national Recurve champion Brady Ellison (who won silver in Antalya) and runner-up
Jake Linde-Kaminski are both in, as is womens champ Mackenzie Brown. In Compound,
Antalya silver and bronze medalists Steve Anderson and Braden Gellenthien are both entered,
along with U.S. Open winner Kris Schaff.

You can follow the tournament results here.

Diving

U.S. Nationals reach elite classes this weekend

| Although the USA Diving National Championships have been going on for more than a week, the
senior divers are only now getting into the water in Columbus, Ohio.

Tuesday marked the first day of competition for senior divers, some just returning from the FINA
World Championships, with the following schedule:

C 09 August: Mens 3 m Springboard quarterfinals and semifinals

Womens 10 m Platform quarterfinals and semifinals

C 10 August: Womens 3 m Springboard quarterfinals and semifinals

Mens 10 m Platform quarterfinals and semifinals

C 11 August: Mens 3 m Springboard finals (TV: NBCSN: 9 p.m. Eastern)

Womens 10 m Platform finals

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C 12 August: Womens 3 m Springboard finals

Mens 10 m Platform finals

The top finishers in 2016 included:

C Men 3 m: 1. Andrew Capobianco 2. Stephen Romanik 3. Bryce Klein

C Men 10 m: 1. Zach Cooper 2. Christopher Law 3. Logan Stevens

C Women 3 m: 1. Maria Coburn 2. Olivia Rosendahl 3. Kristen Hayden

C Women 10 m: 1. Olivia Rosendahl 2. Mya Kraeger 3. Kristen Hayden

Cooper, Coburn and Rosendahl have entered to defend their titles. Only one member of the U.S. team
who competed in the recent FINA World Championships is entered: Jordan Windle, who finished
26th in the 10 m Platform qualifying round.

The 1 m Springboard events were completed on Tuesday; summaries:

USA Diving National Championships Yost, 298.45.

Columbus, Ohio (USA) ~ 8-12 August 2017.
(Full results here)
Men
1 m Springboard: 1. Grayson Campbell,
366.90; 2. Gregory Duncan, 337.45; 3. Noah
Duperre, 322.00; 4. Conor Casey, 317.35; 5.
Kevin Frebel, 315.95; 6. Joshua Davidson,
311.55; 7. Stephen Romanik, 304.25; 8. Lyle
Women
1 m Springboard: 1. Alison Gibson,
271.80; 2. Maria Coburn, 259.65; 3. Wallace
Layland, 250.50; 4. Madeline McKernan,
247.45; 5. Hailey Hernandez, 242.95; 6.
Rebecca Hamperian, 242.00; 7. Kristen
Hayden, 238.75; 8. Mayson Richards, 235.85.

Rugby

U.S. starts play in womens Rugby World Cup

| The Womens Rugby World Cup is about to start in Ireland, with 12 teams competing for the
trophy now held by England, winners of the 2014 edition.

This isnt the Olympic-style Rugby Sevens, but the real thing: 15-a-side. For the preliminary phase,
teams will be divided into three pools of four (world ranking in parentheses):

C Pool A: Canada (3), Hong Kong (23), New Zealand (2), Wales (10)
C Pool B: England (1), Italy (9), Spain (8), United States (7)
C Pool C: Australia (6), France (4), Ireland (5), Japan (14)

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The three pool winners plus the highest-ranked second-place team will advance to the semifinals.
Pool play continues through 17 August, with the semis on the 21st and finals on the 26th.

The U.S. will play Italy on the 9th, Spain on 13 August and England on the 17th.

New Zealand has been the big winner over the seven prior tournaments, winning four times, with
England winning in 1994 and 2014 and the U.S. winning the inaugural tourney in 1991.

C Scoreboard C
Summaries of major international & U.S. competitions

Canoe-Kayak

Hungary and Czech Rep. tops at World Junior Championships

| Hungary led the medal count at the ICF World Junior Sprint Championships, including five wins
and 11 total medals ahead of Russia and Belarus (five each) and Germany (four). Croatias Nikolina
Mijuskovic won two golds, in the C-1 200 m and with Nikolina Milic in the C-2 200 m.

In the Canoe Slalom World Juniors, the host Czech Republic scored two wins and six total medals to
lead the competition. Summaries:

ICF World Junior Sprint Championships
Pitesti (ROM) ~ 27-30 July 2017.
(Full results here)
Men
C-1 200 m: 1. Pablo Grana (ESP), 42.316;
2. Denys Filatov (UKR), 42.376; 3. Ryhor
Maisiuk (BLR), 42.388.
C-1 1,000 m: 1. Ian Kavaliauskas (RUS),
4:45.596; 2. Roberts Lagzdins (LAT),
4:49.964; 3. Mohammad Rezaei (IRI),
4:51.536.
C-2 1,000 m: 1. Adam Slihoczki/Attila
Szoke (HUN), 4:19.072; 2. Orestes
Francisco/Jose Cordova (CUB), 4:21.184; 3.
Aliaksandr Hatalski/Dzianis Patapenka
(BLR),
K-1 200 m: 1. Ieuan James (GBR), 36.192;
2. Ilia Zotov (RUS), 36.296; 3. Csaba Zalka
(SVK), 36.636.
K-1 500 m: 1. Adam Varga (HUN),
1:39.844; 2. Bojan Zdelar (SRB), 1:39.876;
2. Anton Sashilin (RUS), 1:40.244.
K-1 1,000 m: 1. Jacob Schopf (GER),
4:10.784; 2. Adam Varga (HUN), 4:11.528; 3.
Rasmus Knudsen (DEN), 4:13.048.
K-2 1,000 m: 1. Jakob Kurschat/Jakob
Thorsden (GER), 3:44.076; 2. Patrik
Eros/Benedek Kos (HUN), 3:46.524; 3. Tomas
Sobisek/Jakub Brabec (CZE), 3:49.100.
K-4 500 m: 1. Germany, 1:22.480; 2.
Poland, 1:22.944; 3. Denmark, 1:23.552.
Women
C-1 200 m: 1. Nikolina Mijuskovic (CRO),
49.872; 2. Sophia Jensen (CAN), 50.680; 3.

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Yunay Rodriguez (CUB), 50.968. 2. Adrienn Orosz (HUN), 43.144; 3. Alina

C-1 500 m: 1. Yanan Ma (CHN), 2:33.992;
2. Sophia Jensen (CAN), 2:35.332; 3. Ada
Ibarra (MEX), 2:35.332.
C-2 200m: 1. Nikolina Mijuskovic/
Nikolina Milic (CRO), 46.020; 2. Maria
Perez/Antia Jacome (ESP), 46.544; 3. Sophie
Speck/Celina Sandau (GER), 47.460.
C-2 500 m: 1. Huan Men/Qi Li (CHN),
2:03.604; 2. Bianka Nagy/Giada Bragato
(HUN), 2:04.468; 3. Arina Khozhainova/Olga
Aleksandrova (RUS), 2:06.100.
C-4 500 m: 1. Russia, 1:35.512; 2.
Hungary, 1:36.752; 3. Poland, 1:37.288.
K-1 200 m: 1. Shimeng Yu (CHN), 42.828;
Svita (BLR), 43.708.
K-1 500 m: 1. Alida Gazso (HUN),
1:52.716; 2. Svita (BLR), 1:54.344; 3.
Beatriz Fragoza (MEX), 1:54.396.
K-1 1,000 m: 1. Sofie Kinclova (CZE),
4:41.692; 2. Maria Virik (NOR), 4:43.692;
3. Emese Kohalmi (HUN), 4:45.336.
K-2 500 m: 1. Karina Biben (HUN),
1:43.788; 2. Laura Plesca/Adrieana Mihai
(ROU), 1:45.968; 3. Helena Wisniewska/Julia
Olszewska (POL), 1:46.440.
K-4 500 m: 1. Hungary, 1:49.572; 2.
Spain, 1:49.980; 3. Belarus, 1:50.580.

ICF Slalom Junior World Championship 2. Tomas Zima (CZE), 94.16; 3. Jan Barta
Bratislava (CZE) ~ 18-23 July 2017. (CZE), 95.67. Also: 9. Tyler Smith (USA),
(Full results here) 102.87; 10. Joshua Joseph (USA), 108.66.

Mens C-1: 1. Kacper Sztuba (POL),
97.12; 2. Miquel Trave (ESP), 98.36; 3.
Lennard Tuchschrer (GER), 102.77. Also: 7.
Tyler Smith (USA), 106.08.
Mens C-2: 1. Vit Pohanka/Denis Wendl
(CZE), 130.46; 2. Jan Vrublovsky/Petr
Novotny (CZE), 168.89; 3. Daniil
Lipikhin/Igor Stafeev (RUS), 200.35.
Mens K-1: Felix Oschmautz (AUT), 92.18;
Womens C-1: 1. Andrea Herzog (GER),
116.20; 2. Sonia Stanovska (SVK), 117.49;
3. Marta Bertoncelli (ITA), 126.60.
Womens K-1: 1. Antoine Galuskova (CZE),
104.27; 2. Eliska Mintalova (SVK), 105.15;
3. Lucie Nesnidalova (CZE), 105.72. Also:
9. Sage Donnelly (USA), 116.68.

Cycling

Kung leads BinckBank Tour after two stages

| What used to be known as the Eneco Tour is now the BinckBank Tour, held in Belgium and the
Netherlands and continuing with Stage 3 today.

Recent winners Niki Terpstra (NED, 2016), Tim Wellens (BEL, 2014-15) and Lars Boom (NED,
2012) are all entered and the field has not shaken out after two stages. More than 100 riders are
within a minute of the current leader (and Stage 2 winner) Stefan Kung of Switzerland. Stage
summaries:

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BinckBank Tour 4. Soren Kragh Andersen (DEN), 11:06; 5.

Belgium & the Netherlands
~ 7-13 August 2017.
(Full results here)
Stage 1 (179.7 km): 1. Peter Sagan
(SVK), 3:50:09; 2. Phil Bauhaus (GER),
3:50:09; 3. Magnus Cort Nielsen (DEN),
3:50:09; 4. Dylan Groenewegen (NED),
3:50:09; 5. Boy von Poppel (NED), 3:50:09.
Stage 2 (9.0 km Time Trial): 1. Stefan
Kung (SUI), 10:58; 2. Maciej Bodnar (POL),
11:02; 3. Tom Dumoulin (NED), 11:03;
Lars Boom (NED), 11:08.
9 July: Stage 3 (185.0 km, flat)
Blankenberge to Ardooie (BEL)
10 July: Stage 4 (154.2 km, hilly)
Lanaken to Lanaken (BEL)
11 July: Stage 5 (167.3 km, hilly)
Sittard- Geleen (NED)
12 July: Stage 6 (203.7 km, mountains)
Riemst to Houffalize (BEL)
13 July: Stage 7 (191.3 km, mountains)
Essen to Geraardsbergen (BEL)

Field Hockey

Pan American Cup continues in Lancaster

| The hemispheric championship in field hockey for both men and women continues in Lancaster,
Pennsylvania, with the U.S. teams looking for spots in the 2018 FIH World Cup.

The Pan American Cup has eight mens teams and seven womens teams (FIH world rank in
parentheses):

C Men: Pool A: Argentina (1), Chile (27), United States (26), Venezuela (48)
Pool B: Canada (11), Brazil (29), Trinidad & Tobago (33), Mexico (41)
C Women: Pool A: Argentina (3), Chile (20), Uruguay (23)
Pool B: United States (4), Canada (19), Mexico (30), Brazil (41)

The top two teams in each pool will advance to the Championship Semifinals and play for the medals,
but classification matches will take place for places down to seventh and eighth. Pool play will
continue through 9 August, with playoffs following on 10-11-12 and the final matches on 13 August.

Thus far, the mens pool leaders are Argentina (3-0) and Canada (3-0), with the U.S. sitting at 2-1 in
Pool A. In the womens division, Argentina is 2-0 in Pool A and Canada and the U.S. are 1-1 in Pool B.
Current results are here.

The last mens edition was in 2013 in Brampton, Canada with Argentina, Canada and Trinidad taking
the medals; the womens 2013 Pan Am Cup was in Mendoza (ARG), with Argentina, the U.S. and
Canada the top three. In fact, Argentina and the U.S. have been 1-2 in the womens event in all four
editions: 2001-2004-2009-2013. The last (and only) medal for the U.S. men came in 2009, with a
silver behind winner Canada.

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Rowing

U.S. World Championship Trials finals today

| The final races in the USRowing team trials for the FISA World Championships will be held today
(Wednesday) on Mercer Lake at the Princeton National Rowing Center in New Jersey.

The time schedule for the racing is here, and results can be seen here.

The World Championships will be held in the U.S. for the first time in 1994, in Sarasota, Florida from
24 September-1 October 2017.

U.S. wins three medals at World Junior Championships

| Germany won the most medals, Romania, Great Britain and Croatia each had two wins and the
U.S. claimed three medals in the FISA World Junior (U-19) Championships in Lithuania earlier this
week.

Clark Dean of the U.S. was a big winner in the Single Sculls, finishing more than three seconds
ahead of Germanys Moritz Wolff for the only American gold medal of the regatta. The U.S. mens
eight won silver edged by Germany in the final meters and the womens Four took a bronze.

Its been a long stream in the single; this was our fourth race, said Dean. All three [medalists] knew
each other since the first race and sort of all thought we would be in contention for a medal. Since the
heats, weve been looking at times. The conditions were great today, which made it easy to race your
toughest race, compared to the quarters and semis, which were a bit rougher.

U.S. Rowing noted that Deans win in the Single Sculls was the first since FISAs first Youth Regatta in
1967 when Jim Dietz, now the mens vice chair on USRowings Board of Directors, was the winner.

Germany won seven medals overall, the most of any nation, but had only one win (mens Eights).
Romania was second with six medals, but had two wins. The U.S. and Switzerland tied for fourth in
total medals with three. Summaries:

FISA World Junior Championships Double Sculls: 1. Cormac Kennedy-

Trakai (LTU) ~ 2-6 August 2017.
(Full results here)
Men
Single Sculls: 1. Clark Dean (USA),
7:04.73; 2. Moritz Wolff (GER), 7:07.98; 3.
Mmbudzeni Masutha (RSA), 7:11.10.
Leverett/Fergus Hamilton (AUS), 6:34.05; 2.
Artsem Laputsin/Yauheni Zalaty (BLR),
6:37.07; 3. Christos Stergiakas/Charalampos
Ntinenas (GRE), 6:40.86.
Quadruple Sculls: 1. Switzerland,
6:04.97; 2. Great Britain, 6:06.06; 3.
Italy, 6:06.23.
Pairs: 1. Patrik Loncaric/Anton Loncaric

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(CRO), 6:51.11; 2. Stefan-Constantin Peuser (GER), 7:11.32; 3. Grace

Berariu/Florin-Sorin Lehaci (ROM), 6:54.50;
3. Aydin Sahin/Ismail Ali Bekiroglu (TUR),
6:58.90.
Coxed Fours: 1. Italy, 6:33.71; 2.
Switzerland, 6:36.91; 3. Germany, 6:37.95.
Fours: 1. Great Britain, 6:15.43; 2. New
Zealand, 6:17.12; 3. Romania, 6:22.80.
Eights: 1. Germany, 5:49.13; 2. United
States, 5:50.10; 3. Great Britain, 5:50.26.
Women
Single Sculls: 1. Esther Briz Zamorano
(ESP), 7:58.72; 2. Megan Hancock (RSA),
7:59.70; 3. Margaux Bailleul (FRA),
8:02.54.
Double Sculls: 1. Holly Dunford/Zoe
Adamson (GBR), 7:10.13; 2. Maren Voelz/Nora
Vanderbroek/Kieanna Stephens (CAN),
7:15.51.
Quadruple Sculls: 1. Romania, 6:46.27;
2. Ermany, 6:46.72; 3. Switzerland,
6:50.99.
Pairs: 1. Adriana Ailincai/Maria
Tivodariu (ROM), 7:35.83; 2. Margarita
Georgoudi/Christina Bourmpou (GRE),
7:38.79; 3. Katja Fuhrmann/Marie-Sophie
Zeidler (GER), 7:40.95.
Fours: 1. Croatia, 6:57.75; 2. Romania,
7:00.87; 3. United States (Kelsey Mcginley,
Gwenyth Lynch, Rose Carr, Kaitlyn Kynast),
7:04.60.
Eights: 1. Czech Rep., 6:27.97; 2.
Germany, 6:28.40; 3. Romania, 6:30.27.

Swimming

Hosszu strikes: 4 wins, 1 World Record in Berlin World Cup

| Sure, Swedens Sarah Sjostrom set two World (Short Course) Records in the Moscow World
Cup, but now shesnot the only record-setter in the airweave World Cup after the Berlin leg was
completed on Monday.

Hungarys Katinka Hosszu, who has dominated the World Cup over the past five years, wanted a
world mark of her own and set a new standard of 56.51 in the 100 m Individual Medley. It was her
own mark of 56.67 set back in 2015 that she broke, for her fourth win of the meet; she also took
the 200 m Back, 100 m Fly (beating Sjostrom) and the 400 m Medley.

Dutch star Ranomi Kromowidjojo also claimed a world record on Monday, swimming 22.93 in
the 50 m Free to break Sjostroms record set five days prior, with Sjostrom second!

So Hosszu won all four events she entered and Sjostrom won two and was second twice. Jamaicas
Alia Atkinson won both of the Breaststroke events for the only other double-winner among the
women.

On the mens side, there were three double winners: Radoslaw Kawecki (POL) in the 100/200 m
Backstrokes, Chad Le Clos (RSA) in the 50/100 m Butterflys and German Philip Heintz in the two
Individual Medleys.

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The first World Cup cluster concluded with a third meet of the series, on 11-12 August in Eindhoven
(NED). Summaries:
Airweave World Cup II
Berlin (GER) ~ 6-7 August 2017.
(Short Course: full results here)
Men
100 m Freestyle: 1. Vladimir Morozov
(RUS), 45.23; 2. Chad Le Clos (RSA), 45.78;
3. Kacper Majchrzak (POL), 46.19. Also: 5.
Tom Shields (USA), 46.58. 200 m Free: 1.
Dominik Kozma (HUN), 1:41.03; 2. Kacper
Majchrzak (POL), 1:41.62; 3. Le Clos (RSA),
1:41.67. 1,500 m Free: 1. Gabriele Detti
(ITA), 14:18.33; 2. Henrik Christiansen
(DEN), 14:21.53; 3. Wojciech Wojdak (POL),
14:30.57.
100 m Backstroke: 1. Radoslaw Kawecki
(POL), 49.97; 2. Masaki Kaneko (JPN),
50.29; 3. Pavel Sankovich (BLR), 50.70.
200 m Back: 1. Kawecki (POL), 1:48.20; 2.
Kaneko (JPN), 1:49.11; 3. Christian Diener
(GER), 1:49.30.
50 m Breaststroke: 1. Cameron van den
Burgh (RSA), 25.49; 2. Fabio Scozzoli
(ITA), 25.77; 3. Kirill Prigoda (RUS),
25.86. 100 m Breast: 1. Prigoda (RUS),
56.35; 2. van den Burgh (RSA), 56.38; 3.
Ilya Shymanovich (BLR), 56.57.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Le Clos (RSA), 22.32;
2. Yauhen Tsurkin (BLR), 22.49; 3. Adam
Barrett (GBR), 22.53. Also: 4. Shields
(USA), 22.67. 200 m Fly: 1. Le Clos (RSA),
1:49.08; 2. Shields (USA), 1:49.26; 3.
Masayuki Umemoto (JPN), 1:52.80.
200 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Philip Heintz
(GER), 1:52.64; 2. Prigoda (RUS), 1:54.05;
3. Kenneth To (HKG), 1:54.97. 400 m
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Medley: 1. Heintz (GER), 4:05.16; 2.
Federico Turrini (ITA), 4:05.73; 3. Ayrton
Sweeney (RSA), 4:06.72.
Women
50 m Free: 1. Ranomi Kromowidjojo (NED),
22.93 (World Record; old, 23.10, Sarah
Sjostrom [SWE], 2017); 2. Sarah Sjostrom
(SWE), 23.00; 3. Cate Campbell (AUS),
23.62. 200 m Free: 1. Sjostrom (SWE),
1:51.56; 2. Federica Pellegrini (ITA),
1:52.05; 3. Femke Heemskerk (NED), 1:52.23.
400 m Free: 1. Mireia Belmonte (ESP),
3:57.79; 2. Sarah Kohler (GER), 4:01.03; 3.
Mikkayla Paige Sheridan (AUS), 4:03.90.
50 m Backstroke: 1. Emily Seebohm (AUS),
26.15; 2. Kira Toussaint (NED), 26.24; 3.
Maaike De Waard (NED), 26.55. 200 m Back:
1. Katinka Hosszu (HUN), 2:00.37; 2.
Seebohm (AUS), 2:00.65; 3. Nadine Laemmler
(GER), 2:05.41.
100 m Breaststroke: 1. Alia Atkinson
(JAM), 1:03.16; 2. Jenna Laukkanen (FIN),
1:04.56; 3. Fanny Lecluyse (BEL), 1:05.81.
200 m Breast: 1. Atkinson (JAM), 2:18.96;
2. Rikke Pedersen (DEN), 2:19.52; 3.
Lecluyse (BEL), 2:19.96.
50 m Butterfly: 1. Sjostrom (SWE),
24.57; 2. Kromowidjojo (NED), 24.95; 3. De
Waard (NED), 25.24. 100 m Fly: 1. Hosszu
(HUN), 55.86; 2. Ilaria Bianchi (ITA),
56.42; 3. Kimberley Buys (BEL), 56.44.
100 m Indiv. Medley: 1. Hosszu, 56.51
(World Record; old. 56.67, Hosszu (HUN),
2015); 2. Sjostrom (SWE), 57.30; 3.
Atkinson (JAM), 58.12. 400 m Medley: 1.
Hosszu (HUN), 4:19.82; 2. Belmonte (ESP),
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4:22.55; 3. Blair Evans (AUS), 4:29.56. 2. Poland, 1:30.78; 3. Australia, 1:30.83.

4x50 m Medley: 1. Netherlands, 1:38.41;
Mixed 2. Finland, 1:38.71; 3. Poland, 1:39.70.
4x50 m Free: 1. Netherlands, 1:28.70;

Wrestling

U.S. claims 11 medals at World Junior Championships

| USA Wrestlings mens Freestyle squad won seven medals and the team scoring title at the just-
completed United World Wrestling World Junior Championships in Finland.

The American freestylers won gold medals at 55 kg (Daton Fix), 74 kg (Mark Hall) and 120 kg
(Gable Steveson) and reached the finals of the 60 kg class (Mitchell McKee) and 66 kg (Ryan
Deakin) classes. The U.S. mens freestyle team finished with 68 points, one ahead of Russia, with
Iran third at 49.

In mens Greco-Roman, Kamal Bey won the 74 kg title, the first American to win a World Junior
gold in Greco since 1999. Cevion Severado won silver at 50 kg. Iran won the team title with 54
points and the U.S. was fourth (29).

Maya Nelson won at 63 kg in the womens division and Asia Ray claimed a bronze medal at 44 kg.
The U.S. was fifth as a team (28), while Japan dominated with 61 points and wins in four divisions.
Summaries:

United World Wrestling Deakin (USA); 3. Temuulen Enkhtuya (MGL)

World Junior Championships
Tampere (FIN) ~ 1-6 August 2017.
(Full results here)
Men/Freestyle
50 kg: 1. Shahin Mukhtarov (AZE); 2.
Karen Zurabyan (ARM); 3. Akbar Kenzhebek
Uulu (KGZ) and Nasanbuyan Narmandakh (MGL).
55 kg: 1. Daton Fix (USA); 2. Ismail
Gadzhiev (RUS); 3. Arsen Harutyunyan (ARM)
and Afgan Khashalov (AZE).
60 kg: 1. Abdula Akhmedov (RUS); 2.
Mitchell McKee (USA); 3. Yones Aliakbar
Emamichoghaei (IRI) and Hiromu Sakaki
(JPN).
66 kg: 1. David Baev (RUS); 2. Ryan
and Iveriko Julakidze (GEO).
74 kg: 1. Mark Hall (USA); 2. Isa
Shapiev (UZB); 3. Veer Dev Gulia (IND) and
Mohammad Aliasghar Mottaghinia (IRI).
84 kg: 1. Artur Naifonov (RUS); 2. Zahid
Valencia (USA); 3. Gadzhimurad
Magomedsaidov (AZE) and Ahmad Yousef
Bazrighaleh (IRI).
96 kg: 1. Shamil Alievitch Musaev (RUS);
2. Givi Matcharashvili (GEO); 3. Ibrahim
Ciftci (TUR) and Kollin Moore (USA).
120 kg: 1. Gable Steveson (USA); 2.
Naeiim Rahim Hassanzadeh (IRI); 3.
Feyzullah Akturk (TUR) and Zaur Kozonov
(RUS).

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Men/Greco-Roman
50 kg: 1. Poya Soulat Dad Marz (IRI); 2.
Cevion Severado (USA); 3. Kensuke Shimizu
(JPN) and Ilkhom Bakhromov (UZB).
55 kg: 1. Kerem Kamal (TUR); 2. Zholaman
Sharshenbekov (KGZ); 3. Turabek Tirkashev
(UZB) and Emin Narimanovitch Sefershaev
(RUS).
60 kg: 1. Keramat Morad Abdevali (IRI);
2. Oleksandr Hrushyn (UKR); 3. Magomed
Nazirovitch Magomedov (RUS) and Hassan
Hassan Ahmed Mohamed (EGY).
66 kg: 1. Amin Yavar Kaviyaninejad
(IRI); 2. Malkhas Amoyan (ARM); 3. Miakhdi
Abubaka Iakhiaev (RUS) and Namaz Rustamov
(AZE).
74 kg: 1. Kamal Bey (USA); 2. Akzhol
Makhmudov (KGZ); 3. Sajan Sajan (IND) and
Nasir Hasanov (AZE).
84 kg: 1. Aleksandr Andre Komarov (RUS);
2. Arman Yavar Alizadeh Abdevali (IRI); 3.
Salih Aydin (TUR) and Mikita Klimovich
(BLR).
96 kg: 1. Vladen Kozliuk (UKR); 2. Artur
Sargsian (RUS); 3. Jan Zirn (GER) and Arvi
Martin Savolainen (FIN).
120 kg: 1. Zviadi Pataridze (GEO); 2.
Roman Kim (KGZ); 3. Konsta Johannes
Maeenpaeae (FIN) and Amin Mohammadzaman
Mirzazadeh (IRI).
Women/Freestyle
44 kg: 1. Manami Ueno (JPN); 2. Yumei
Chen (CHN; 3. Asia Ray (USA) and Stefania
Claudia Priceputu (ROM).
48 kg: 1. Kika Kagata (JPN); 2. Turkan
Nasirova (AZE); 3. Oksana Livach (UKR) and
Zeynep Yetgil (TUR).
51 kg: 1. Kseniia Nezgovorova (RUS); 2.
Khrystyna Bereza (UKR); 3. Bolor Erdene Bat
Orshikh (MGL) and Xuejiao Liao (CHN).
55 kg: 1. Sae Nanjo (JPN); 2. Lianna De
La Caridad Montero Herrera (CUB); 3. Leyla
Gurbanova (AZE) and Viktoriia Vaulina
(RUS).
59 kg: 1. Yuzuru Kumano (JPN); 2.
Anastasia Nichita (MLD); 3. Kumari Manju
(IND) and Grace Jacob Bullen (NOR).
63 kg: 1. Maya Nelson (USA); 2. Yuliana
Vasileva Yaneva (BUL); 3. Ying Zhang (CHN)
and Aleksandra Wolczynska (POL).
67 kg: 1. Khanum Velieva (RUS); 2.
Yudari Sanchez Rodriguez (CUB); 3. Meerim
Zhumanazarova (KGZ) and Alexandra Nicoleta
Anghel (ROM).
72 kg: 1. Aiperi Medet Kyzy (KGZ); 2.
Yasuha Matsuyuki (JPN); 3. Denise Sabina
Makota Stroem (SWE) and Hui Tsz Chang
(TPE).

Agenda:
Competition Calendar
Highlights of the top-level (Championships ~ Grand Prix ~ World Cup ~ National Teams)
competitions in Olympic sports for the coming weeks:
Sport Date(s) Type ~ Event Site

C 07-13 August 2017

Athletics 04-13 Aug IAAF World Championships GBR London
Hockey 04-13 Aug Pan American Cup USA Lancaster
Water Polo 05-13 Aug Men's Junior World Championships SRB Belgrade
Swimming 06-07 Aug airweave Swimming World Cup 2 GER Berlin

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Rowing 06-09 Aug U.S. World Championship Trials USA West Windsor
Basketball 07-13 Aug FIBA Women's AmeriCup ARG Buenos Aires
Cycling 07-13 Aug MWT: BinckBank Tour BEL & NED
Mod. Pent. 07-14 Aug UIPM World Junior Championships HUN Skekesfehervar
Diving 08-12 Aug AT&T U.S. National Diving Champs USA Columbus
Archery 08-13 Aug Hyundai World Cup 4 GER Berlin
Rugby 09-26 Aug Women's Rugby World Cup IRL
Golf 10-13 Aug M PGA Championship USA Charlotte
Swimming 10-11 Aug airweave Swimming World Cup 3 NED Eindhoven
Cycling 11 Aug WWT: Crescent Vargarda Team Time Trial SWE Vargarda
Gymnastics 11-13 Aug Rhythmic World Challenge Cup 4 RUS Kazan
Swimming 12 Aug HOSA 10 km Open Water World Cup 5 CAN Lac Megantic
Triathlon 12-13 Aug U.S. National Championships USA Omaha
Cycling 13 Aug WWT: Crescent Vargarda Road Race SWE Vargarda

C 14-20 August 2017

Gymnastics 15-20 Aug U.S. P&G National Championships USA Anaheim
Table Tennis 15-20 Aug ITTF World Tour 8: Bulgaria Open BUL Panagyurishte
Cycling 17-20 Aug WWT: Ladies Tour of Norway NOR
Sport Climb 18-19 Aug World Cup: Bouldering GER Munich
Volleyball 18-25 Aug Men's World U-23 Championship EGY Cairo
Volleyball 18-27 Aug Men's World U-19 Championship BRN Riffa
Volleyball 18-27 Aug Women's World U-18 Championship ARG Rosario
Cycling 19 Aug-10 MWT: La Vuelta Cicista de Espana ESP
Gymnastics 18-19 Aug Trampoline World Cup 2 BLR Minsk
Multisport 19-30 Aug XXIX World University Games TPE Taipei
Sailing 19-26 Aug W Laser Radial World Championships NED Medemblik
Athletics 20 Aug Diamond League 12: Muller Grand Prix GBR Birmingham
Cycling 20 Aug MWT: Cyclassics Hamburg GER Hamburg

C 21-27 August 2017

Badminton 21-27 Aug Total World Championships SCO Glasgow
Mod. Pent. 21-29 Aug UIPM World Championships EGY Cairo
Wrestling 21-26 Aug UWW World Championships FRA Paris
Beach Vllybl 22-27 Aug Swatch World Tour Finals GER Hamburg
Table Tennis 22-27 Aug ITTF World Tour 9: Czech Open CZE Olomouc
Canoe-Kyk 23-27 Aug ICF Sprint World Championships CZE Racice
Swimming 23-28 Aug FINA World Junior Championships USA Indianapolis
Athletics 24 Aug Diamond League 13: Weltklasse SUI Zurich
Cycling 24-25 Aug UCI Mtn. Bike 4x World Champs ITA Val di Sole
Basketball 25 Aug-03 FIBA Men's AmeriCup ARG COL-URU
Boxing 25 Aug-03 AIBA World Championships GER Hamburg
Sport Climb 25-26 Aug World Cup: Lead/Speed ITA Arco
Cycling 26 Aug WWT: Grand Prix de Plouay FRA Plouay
Cycling 26-27 Aug Mountain Bike World Cup ITA Val di Sole

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Triathlon 26-27 Aug ITU World Series 8 SWE Stockholm

Cycling 27 Aug MWT: Bretagne Classic-Ouest-France FRA Plouay

C 28 August-03 September 2017

Judo 28 Aug-03 IJF World Championships HUN Budapest
Tennis 28 Aug-10 U.S. Open USA New York
Cycling 29 Aug-03 WWT: Boels Rental Ladies Tour NED
Table Tennis 29 Aug-03 ITTF World Tour 10: Austria Open AUT Linz
Gymnastics 30 Aug-03 FIG World Rhythmic Championships ITA Pesaro
Mod. Pent. 30 Aug-03 Pan American Junior Champs MEX Merida
Shooting 30 Aug-11 ISSF World Champs (shotgun) RUS Moscow
Equestrian 31 Aug-03 Eventing CCI-4* GBR Burghley
Equestrian 31 Aug-03 Dressage World Cup CDI-W EST Tallinn
Equestrian 31 Aug-03 Dressage World Cup CDI-W AUS Sydney
Athletics 01 Sep Diamond League 14: Memorial Van Damme BEL Brussels
Canoe-Kyk 01-03 Sep Slalom World Cup 4 ITA Ivrea
Equestrian 01-03 Sep Dressage World Cup CDI-W RUS Moscow
Football 01 Sep World Cup qualifying: USA Men v. Costa Rica USA
Archery 02-03 Sep Hyundai World Cup 5/Final ITA Rome
Water Polo 03-09 Sep Women's Junior World Championships GRE Volos

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