http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon Recent articles about Triathlon en-us New York area favorites Michael Perez of Newark, Eddie Gomez of The Bronx and Staten Island's 2012 U.S. Olympian Marcus Browne will step into the ring in exciting preliminary action on Saturday, March 9 when they head up an action-packed undercard leading up to the IBF Light Heavyweight World Championship between Bernard Hopkins and Tavoris Cloud at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing. The co-main event, a clash between undefeated Florida knockout artist Keith "One Time" Thurman and former World Champion Jan "Mr. Sympathicus" Zaveck in a 12-round bout for Zaveck's WBO Inter-Continental Welterweight Championship, will also be telecast on HBO World Championship Boxing. Newark's Michael "The Artist" Perez (18-1-1, 10 KO's) bounced back from the lone loss of his career in January 2012 against top prospect Omar Figueroa by stopping Eric Cruz in two rounds in June and decisioning ... Thu, 07 Mar 2013 09:05:59 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/full_undercard_for_barclays_on_saturday_night_michael_perez_eddie_gomez_more/13075135 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/full_undercard_for_barclays_on_saturday_night_michael_perez_eddie_gomez_more/13075135 Full undercard for Barclays on Saturday night: Michael Perez, Eddie Gomez & more http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/full_undercard_for_barclays_on_saturday_night_michael_perez_eddie_gomez_more/13075135 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png A 46-year-old Texas man died of an apparent heart attack Sunday in the frigid waters of the San Francisco Bay just moments after the start of the Escape From Alcatraz Triathlon, race officials said. "We have reason to believe the gentleman suffered from a massive cardiac event as he entered the water and began the swim," race officials said in a statement. The race was held three months earlier than previous years and in far colder waters, but organizers said the temperature did not contribute to the death. "Was it colder than normal? Yes. But in my opinion, the water temperature was not a factor at all in this tragedy," Bill Burke, the race's director, told the San Francisco Chronicle. "The gentleman obviously had a heart condition he was unaware of." Organizers said the death was the first in the 33-year history of the event, which begins with a 1.5-mile swim from the island home of the former federal prison. The swimming portion is followed by an 18-mile bike ride and Sun, 03 Mar 2013 23:19:01 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/man_has_fatal_heart_attak_during_race/13044337 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/man_has_fatal_heart_attak_during_race/13044337 Man has fatal heart attak during race http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/man_has_fatal_heart_attak_during_race/13044337 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Alistair Brownlee grabbed a British flag, slowed to a jog and then walked across the finish line to win the men's triathlon on Tuesday at the Olympics. Brownlee pulled away from silver medal winner Javier Gomez of Spain halfway through the 10-kilometer run to finish in 1 hour, 46 minutes, 25 seconds. Gomez took silver, with Alistair's younger brother, Jonathan Brownlee, claiming bronze. The brothers embraced after they crossed the finish line. The older Brownlee added the Olympic title - Britain's first Olympic medal in triathlon - to his world and European titles. He was among the leaders after the 1,500-meter swim and 43-kilometer bike ride through Hyde Park, but broke away from Gomez in the run. Tue, 07 Aug 2012 08:41:18 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/brownlee_wins_mens_triathlon/11395579 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/brownlee_wins_mens_triathlon/11395579 Brownlee wins men's triathlon http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/brownlee_wins_mens_triathlon/11395579 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png NBC puts out a daily press release noting the highlights of their television coverage for the next day.  Given the difficulty sometimes in knowing what event is being televised when and where, we'll share that schedule from NBC with you the previous night so you can set your DVRs and plan accordingly.  The schedule is sorted by network.  Below NBC's press release we'll add the live times at the bottom for gold medal events you can catch online as well.  All times are eastern. TUESDAY, AUGUST 7 (Day 11) NBC 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. (9 a.m. CT/PT) Track and Field – Qualifying Rounds Men’s Diving – Springboard Semifinal Women’s Beach Volleyball – Kessy/Ross (U.S.) vs. Larissa/Juliana (Brazil) (LIVE) Women’s Volleyball – U.S. vs. Dominican Republic (LIVE) Women’s Water Polo – U.S. vs. Australia (LIVE) Cycling – Track Gold Medal Finals · Key qualifying rounds in track and field, including the women’s 5000 meters and men’s 110m Tue, 07 Aug 2012 02:07:15 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/olympic_primer_august_7th/11394454 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/olympic_primer_august_7th/11394454 Olympic Primer - August 7th http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/olympic_primer_august_7th/11394454 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png It looked bleak for our Team Great Britian Over 21.5 gold medal prop bet.  We were left to desperate pleas a few days ago when Team GB still hadn’t hit gold after four days of play. But it’s turned around with eight first place finishes the last three days including a trio yesterday as British cyclists and rowers continued the gold rush. All of a sudden, only USA and China have more gold medals than Team Great Britian, although those two are lapping the field together in the race for golds. There is still a lot of work to do for Team Great Britian to hit this number, but at least the last three days have got us back in the ballgame. We’re almost at the midpoint of the Olympic Games, yet with just eight gold medals on the table, we’re technically not on pace for the Over 21.5 golds.  That looks bad, but we are far from out of this sucker just yet. Per Sports Illustrated’s medal projections, there are still 16 events remaining on the Olympic docket that they’ve tabbed for British gold and several others where they still project a British medal. But today is a huge day for us. We’ll steal a term from the golf world and call this our moving day for this prop bet. Four of those golds that SI still has projected for Great Britian are events handing out medals today. And there are a several other events today with a strong Great Britian contender in the running. If everything breaks right over the course of Day Eight of the Summer Olympics, then the Brits could come close to doubling their gold medal total and even push us well past half way to the 22 titles needed to cash a winner. So we are not pressing the panic button just yet. However you might hear some sirens if Day 8 of the Summer Olympics comes and goes without the Brits making a serious move on their golden tally the way the Americans did on Thursday during Day 6 of the Games. Here’s a quick look at those British centric events that I’ll be furiously tracking today. ROWING The last day of competition at Eton Dorney, the world class rowing facility just west of London near Windsor Castle. Just four events today, but all four are Gold Medal races. So far its been about as balanced a competition anywhere across the 2012 Olympic landscape. Through the completion of the Rowing Regatta’s first 10 races, we saw six different countries hoist gold and a total of 16 countries earning at least one medal. New Zealand does have three golds, but its Team Great Britian that leads the overall rowing medal count with six, including two gold. The Brits will add to that overall medal count, but with a strong boat in three of the four races, it would be a big disappoint if they dont also mine at least one more gold medal for the cause. The first race of the day is the Women’s single scull. But there is no British or American boat in this one. Bold Prediction Alert: This event has no chance at being shown live or on tape delay anywhere on the NBC Networks, not even if they had an NBC Ocho. For there, however, the remainder of the Regatta cooks with British hopes and gold medal chances. The middle two races are the men’s lightweight double sculls and the women’s lightweight double sculls. We have strong British boats in both contests. Actually, both GB boats qualified into the finals with the top time. Zac Purchase and Mark Hunter man the English men’s boat while Katherine Copeland and Sophie Hosking will be rowing for the ladies. Those aformentioned SI projections call for British silver in both these events with the men losing out to the Kiwis and the women behind the Greeks. Here’s hoping home regatta advantage can push at least one of those boats passed the presumptive favorites. The big deal is the final event of the entire rowing competition during these games: Men’s Four. Great Britian has won three straight Olympic gold medals in this event. Their biggest challenger in their quest for four in a row appears to be the boat manned by the Americans. It serves as an interesting tug-of-war between interests as we also want to grow the American gold medal count for our Over 38.5 golds bet. However, there arent as many chances out there everywhere else for the Brits as opposed to USA. So even though I win either way if one of these boats pulls it out, I might be cheering for England under breath. This is what betting against my Steelers feels like. Speaking of football, we’re less than four weeks away from the first college game. I figured you could use a football update in the wake of all the Olympic posting lately. TRIATHLON NBC SN begins their Saturday, Day 8 coverage with live coverage of the women’s triathlon race at 4am.They’ve devoted a 2:15 minute block to it before their listings say something else will be on, so I presume this will be start to finish coverage. As somebody whose raced a triathlon within the last year, I am pretty stoked to watch this race today and the men’s competition on Tuesday. Here’s what I know about this race: NBC will milk the story of surprise American entrant Gwen Jorgensen who ditched an accounting job to become a triathlete at this level, an Australian will somehow race her way to the medal podium and I will be rooting like heck for Helen Jenkins to come through on her home turf. She’s a 2-time World Champion, having won in 2008 and 2011. In her last 11 major races since the beginning of 2011, she’s come in first or second in eight of them. So expect her to contend. In the men’s race, the Brits have a pair of excellent contenders in the Brownlee brothers, Alistair and Jonathon. In my road map to Over 21.5 golds, I conservatively gave the Brits one of two triathlon golds, circling the men’s event as the likely source since we had two lottery tickets. There’s a good chance we get double gold in this sport, which would be a huge boost for our bet. She’s the betting favorite at +125 to win over at BetUs.com. Canadian Paula Findlay at +500, Swiss Nicola Spring at +500 and Australian Erin Densham at +700 are the next closest odds. Americans Jorgensen  and Laura Bennet are +1800 and +3500 to win respectively. CYCLING As expected, cycling events have sparked Team Great Britian. The Brits have won at least one gold medal in each of the last three days, and four golds total, in cycling since Wednesday. In our pre-Olympic projection, we counted five cycling golds as part of the Over 21.5 total. We lost one projected when Mark Cavendish wasnt a factor in the men’s road race. But of the three golds they’ve earned already this week, only the Team Pursuit won by the men and the womens sprint taken by Victoria Pendleton yesterday were projected wins for the Brits a win in beforehand. So, we’re actually ahead of our cycling projection. This is a going to be tight for us, so if that portends Great Britian dominance the rest of the way on the bikes, then bring it on. The great thing about the track cyling at the Velodrome is Team Great Britian is so strong we’ve got a contender in every event. Thats certainly the case today in the womens team pursuit. This is an event that SI projected as golden for England. And we did too. So we need this to stay ahead of schedule within this disciplne. For those who are going to watch this with me, here are the rules: Each team in the womens event has three riders and the event covers 3000 meters. The top eight times advance out of qualifying  and into a head-to-head quarterfinal rounds with the fastest time racing the slowest out of the qualifying and so on. Its not a tournament, however. Of the four winners in that round, the two fastest times will race for gold and silver, while the two slowest winners will go for bronze. I dont know if it makes sense, but right now any event that England is a favorite in, we’re buying no questions asked.  Qualifications have already been held, so we’re down to the final eights squads as the day begins.  This is a new event on the women’s side for this Olympics, but its been competed at World Championships for awhile. The English ladies are two-time defending world champion, beating Team USA by more than two seconds in 2011 and besting the Australians on their home turf earlier this year. Now they have home Velodrome advantage. Will the tables be turned on them, or will they continue their grip on this event in major international competition?  Qualifying heats from the mens individual sprint and omnium events take up the morning session on the track. We have a chance to scope out Brit contenders before those gold medal races later in the Olympics. The Round of 8 begins at 11:11 and the whole event from there should take less than two hours. Australia and USA race each other in the third heat and the Brits square off with Canada in the fourth and final heat of the round. According to NBC’s own Olympic listings, this event will be shown on tape delay on the mothership NBC channel at 2pm. I dont know if I’ll wait that long. TRACK & FIELD Two of those remaing 16 gold medal projections from Sports Illustrated are supposed to come from track & field today: Jessica Ennis in women’s heptathlon and Mo Farar in the men’s 10K. We chalked a gold up with Ennis and we did too with Farar, figuring between this race or the 5,ooo meter that the rush of the home crowd would push him to gold. SI gives him gold tonight and silver in the 5,000 later in the meet. Oddsmakers (again, per BetUs) have made Farar the favorite at +120, with Kenenisa Bekele at +300, a trio of runners at +900 in Tariku Bekele, Wilson Kinrop and Bedam Karoki and American Galen Rupp at +1200. With just five runners listed as higher favorites, Rupp may have a shot at a rare American distance medal. This race will actually be shown live at 4:15 pm on NBC. Cant put Michael Phelps, Ryan Lochte, Missy Franklin and Gabby Douglas on live during the afternoon, but you’ll show the 10,000 meter run. Makes perfect sense to me. The second track event for the Great Britian partisans is one we blogged a bit about yesterday, the women’s heptathlon. Pre-event chalkChalk is another name for the favorite team to win. was England’s Jessica Ennis and nothing really happened on Day One of the 2-day affair to prove otherwise. Ennis is in first place after four events with a 4,158 points, 184 in front of Lithuania’s Austra Skujyte. Canada’s Jessica Zelinka is in third, Ukraine’s Lyndmyla Yosypenko is in fourth and American Hyleas Fountain is in fifth 258 points behind Ennis. Ennis won the 100 hurdle and 200 sprint, while Skujyte took the two field events on the day, the shot put and high jump. But, she’s not much of a sprinter, while Ennis at least stayed near the top in the field events. She seems to have this in her hands, but the event to watch today is the javelin. This was the event where it all fell apart for her at the world championships last year. Day 2 begins with the long jump at 5:05 am, then the javelin is thrown beginning at 6:40 am. The event concludes with the 800 meter run later during the afternoon session at 3:35. With that race, followed by Farrar’s race, we might have to wear our Union Jack sunglasses during that hour. Sat, 04 Aug 2012 01:44:20 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/track_and_field/article_external/summer_olympics_day_8_can_team_great_britian_keep_gold_rush_flowing/11373475 http://network.yardbarker.com/track_and_field/article_external/summer_olympics_day_8_can_team_great_britian_keep_gold_rush_flowing/11373475 Summer Olympics Day 8: Can Team Great Britian Keep Gold Rush Flowing? http://www.yardbarker.com/track_and_field/articles/summer_olympics_day_8_can_team_great_britian_keep_gold_rush_flowing/11373475 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png When the massive delegation of U.S. Olympians march down the track in the lavish Opening Ceremony Friday night, Florida will be well-represented. To be specific, 31 athletes call the state their current home, behind only California (127), Texas (33), New York (35) and Pennsylvania (35). That gives Florida roughly 17 percent of the 529 Americans from 45 states participating in the 2012 London Olympics. If you plan to watch the ceremony, it will air at 7 p.m. ET on NBC (though will actually take place live at 4 p.m. due to the five-hour time difference in London). And if youll be watching the competition in any of the 32 sports, taking place Saturday through Aug. 12, we thought you might like to know about some of the Floridians dreaming of a spot on the podium. Tennis You know these names already Venus and Serena Williams. Serena (Palm Beach Gardens) is coming off her fifth Wimbledon championship last month. And if she wins the womens singles title in London, shell become the first female to win all the Grand Slam events (the Australian Open, Wimbledon, French Open and U.S. Open) as well as an Olympic gold medal in both doubles and singles. Venus (Coral Gables) has won the Olympic gold medal in singles and doubles as well as winning the U.S. Open and Wimbledon. The Williams sisters have both trained over the years at IMG Academies in Bradenton. On the mens side, keep an eye on the Bryan Brothers twins Bob and Mike of Wesley Chapel and the No. 3-ranked mens doubles team in the world. They finished second in Wimbledon doubles but took bronze four years ago in Beijing. The Saddlebrook Resort-based tandem have won 11 Grand Slam titles but are looking for their first Olympic gold medal. John Isner, the 6-9 former University of Georgia star, is a player to watch in the singles competition. Hes ranked 11th in the world and will have his hands full trying to get past Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic. But Isner, who also trains at Saddlebrook, has a power game that makes him a contender, and hell also team with Andy Roddick in doubles. Track and field One of the dramatic stories to watch in these games focuses around the mens 100-meter dash. Will Jamaicas Usain Bolt run away with another Olympic title or will Justin Gatlin of Pensacola complete his amazing comeback and win Olympic gold again? Eight years ago, Gatlin won the mens 100 meters in Athens but was subsequently banned from the sport when he tested positive for a doping violation. Gatlin, who bitterly objected to the ruling, was away from the sport for four years. But he let the world know hes back last month by winning the U.S. Time Trials in a blistering 9.8 seconds. Gatlin thinks he can win gold again, which means having to beat Bolt and world champion Yohan Blake of Jamaica. In the mens 400 meters, West Palm Beachs Tony McQuay of the University of Florida is a three-time NCAA champion and 2011 national champion. He finished second the Track and Field Trials, which also qualified him to run in the 4x400 relay. On the womens side, pole-vaulter Lacy Janson (Sarasota) earned her first spot in the Olympics with a third-place finish at the Trials, clearing 14 feet, nine inches. She was once ranked No. 1 in the country and was USA Indoor Champion in 2010. Janson was also a six-time All-American at Florida State University. Swimming Ryan Lochte (Daytona Beach) should get plenty of screen time in London. His resume speaks volumes: six-time Olympic medalist with four world records. Hes also a bona fide threat to beat mega-champion Michael Phelps, having often finished second or third behind the man who won a record eight medals in Beijing. Lochte earned his own haul of gold at the 2010 Pan-American Games, winning six first places. He also won five golds in the 2011 World Championships. So the stage is set for a Phelps-Lochte showdown in London. Lochtes events are the 200 back, 200 IM, 400 IM, 200 free and 800 free relay. Stay tuned. Sailing No sport has more Floridians involved than sailing, with seven altogether. They certainly arent household names. But in case youll be tuning in, heres a rundown of whos who on out on the sea. Brian Fatih (Miami), crew, Star Class: Best finish third in the 2011 ISAF Sailing World Championship, Perth, Australia. Sarah Lihan (Fort Lauderdale), Womens 470 Class: Best recent finish third, Womens 470, 2011 Sail Melbourne, AUS (ISAF Sailing World Cup). Highlights: 2009 ICSA Womens National Champion, 2007 Lauderdale Yacht Club Sailor of the Year. Mark Mendelblatt: (Miami, graduate of St. Petersburg High School) Skipper, Star Class: Best recent finishes First, Star, 2010 US Sailings Rolex Miami OCR (ISAF Sailing World Cup); first, Star, 2009 Kiel Week, Kiel, Germany (ISAF Sailing World); first, Star, 2008 Kiel Week, Kiel (ISAF Sailing World Cup). Highlights: Eighth in the Laser Class 2004 Athens Olympics, three-time ICSA College All-American, College National Single-handed champion. Trevor Moore (Naples), 49er Class, crew: Best recent finish Second, 49er, U.S. Sailings 2012 Rolex Miami OCR (ISAF Sailing World Cup). Highlights: 2007 College Sailor of the Year, 2006-07; Hobart Colleges Francis C. Babe Kraus Memorial Award. Paige Railey (Clearwater, graduate of Clearwater High and University of South Florida) Laser Radial: Best recent finishes First, Laser Radial, 2011 Laser Radial Womens North Americans, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. First, Laser Radial, 2011 Rolex Miami OCR, Miami, Fla. (ISAF Sailing World Cup). Highlights: 2010 US Sailings SportsWoman of the Year; 2010 Florida Womens Sailing Association Young Sailor the Year. Zach Railey (Clearwater, graduate of Clearwater High and University of Miami), Finn Class: Best recent finishes First, Finn, US Sailings 2012 Rolex Miami OCR (ISAF Sailing World Cup); first, Finn, 2011 U.S. National Championship, Long Beach, Calif. Highlights: 2010, 2009, 2008 US Sailings Sportsman of the Year; 2008 Olympic silver medalist, Finn. Anna Tunnicliffe (Plantation) Elliott 6M, Skipper: Best recent finishes First, Elliott 6m, 2012 US Olympic Team Qualifying Regatta, Weymouth, England; first, Elliott 6m, French Olympic Sailing Week, Hyeres, France (ISAF Sailing World Cup); first, Elliott 6m, Princess Sofia Trophy, Palma de Mallorca, Spain (ISAF Sailing World Cup). Highlights: 2011 US Sailings Rolex Yachtswoman of the Year; 2011 ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year. Rest of the Florida field Foluke Akinradewo (Plantation), volleyball, middle blocker Laura Bennett (North Palm Beach), triathlon Chris Colwill (Brandon), diving, 3m Phil Dalhausser (Ormond Beach), volleyball, beach Sylvia Fowles (Liberty City), basketball, center Jared Frayer (Clearwater), wrestling, freestyle 66kg Ryan Harrison (Bradenton), tennis, mens singles Manuel Huerta (Miami), triathlon Hunter Kemper (Longwood), triathlon Tina Konyot (Palm City), equestrian Danell Leyva (Homestead), gymnastics Emil Milev (Tampa), shooting, rapid-fire pistol Karen O'Connor (Ocala), equestrian, eventing individual Robin Prendes (Miami), rowing. Lightweight Four Brittany Viola (Orlando), diving 10m Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:06:06 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/a_guide_to_floridians_in_the_london_olympics/11306230 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/a_guide_to_floridians_in_the_london_olympics/11306230 A guide to Floridians in the London Olympics http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/a_guide_to_floridians_in_the_london_olympics/11306230 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Colorado Springs, CO.  Hunter Kemper has tried three times to medal in the Olympics in the men’s triathlon. After being awed in 2000 in Sydney, Australia Kemper went home without a medal although he was the top ranked American going into the summer games. Again in Athens in 2004 he was the top ranked American … Continue reading »The post Colorado Olympian Hunter Kemper Hopes Round 4 Equals Gold appeared first on Denver Sports Chat. Mon, 16 Jul 2012 12:35:19 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/colorado_olympian_hunter_kemper_hopes_round_4_equals_gold/11230297 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/colorado_olympian_hunter_kemper_hopes_round_4_equals_gold/11230297 Colorado Olympian Hunter Kemper Hopes Round 4 Equals Gold http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/colorado_olympian_hunter_kemper_hopes_round_4_equals_gold/11230297 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Matt Emmons is a cancer survivor hoping to atone for a pair of costly blunders in Olympic shooting events. Teenager Race Imboden is seeking the first men's foil medal for the U.S. since 1960. World No. 1 Brady Ellison is hoping for the country's first archery medal in 12 years. Check out the smaller sports on the Olympic docket, and there are plenty of compelling stories and medal prospects on the American side. Glenn Eller and Vincent Hancock are hoping to defend their Olympic shooting golds from 2008. Shotgun specialist Kim Rhode could become the first American athlete to medal in five straight Olympics. Married shooters Sandra and Eric Uptagrafft are set to represent the U.S. in different disciplines. World No. 1 Mariel Zagunis is seeking her third consecutive Olympic gold medal in saber, and the men's team wants to improve on its silver finish in Beijing. Medal chances are slimmer in field hockey, triathlon, modern pentathlon and badminton, but the Americans could deliver some surprises. The U.S. has been without a team handball entry since 1996, when men's and women's teams automatically qualified for the Atlanta Games through their host country status. Here is a closer look at a handful of the smaller sports on the London schedule: SHOOTING The U.S. is poised to add to its Olympic-best 103 shooting medals, including 50 golds. The London team, subject to trials, is expected to include four Olympic champions. Eller won the double trap and Hancock took the skeet competition in Beijing, making the most of the knowledge they gained in the U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit. Rhode won gold in 1996 and 2004. Emmons earned the 50m rifle prone gold medal in 2004 and the silver in 2008, but is perhaps best known for shooting at the wrong target in Athens and his rifle accidentally going off in Beijing - robbing him of two more gold medals. Emmons also was diagnosed with cancer in 2010 and had his thyroid removed, making him even more of sentimental favorite this time around. Other medal hopefuls include; Joshua Richmond, the world champion in double trap, Jason Turner, a 2008 bronze medalist in air pistol, Eric Uptagrafft, who was ranked No. 3 in 50m rifle prone, and Ryan Hadden, No. 6 in the world. Sandra Uptagrafft will compete in pistol. FENCING U.S. fencers won six medals in Beijing and could exceed that number this summer. The United States - not Italy, not France, not Russia - is the only country that qualified the maximum 16 fencers for the London Olympics. Zagunis is still going strong eight years after she won in Athens for America's first fencing gold medal in 100 years. The 19-year-old Imboden, hailing from Brooklyn, N.Y., is ranked No. 4 in the world and won six gold medals in individual or team competitions last year. Lee Kiefer, the youngest member of the team at 17, snapped a long drought for U.S. women when she medaled in foil at the 2011 World Championships. The U.S. also could medal in a couple of the team competitions. Tim Morehouse and James Williams are the key players on the saber team that won silver in Beijing, and the men's foil group handed Italy its first loss in more than a year earlier this season. The women's epee group is coming off a strong performance in the World Cup. ARCHERY The U.S. is without a medal in archery since 2000, but that should come to an end this summer. Ellison is a strong contender for top spot on the podium in London. He won the World Cup final in 2010 and 2011. Last year, he became the first archer in the world to win three consecutive World Cup stages. A top-three finish for the American team of Ellison, Jake Kaminski and Jacob Wukie is a more challenging task. South Korea's men's team has won three consecutive gold medals. First-time Olympian Miranda Leek, ranked seventh in the world and just 19, has an outside shot in the women's individual competition. She won an individual event and helped the U.S. to a victory at a world ranking stop in Phoenix, and she placed fourth at a World Cup stage competition earlier this year. If the U.S. is to field a women's team in London, two-time Olympian Jennifer Nichols and four-time Olympian Khatuna Lorig need to qualify in Ogden, Utah, in late June. The American men have won only two medals (both in Sydney in 2000) since winning two golds in 1996. No U.S. archer made it past the quarterfinals in Beijing. BADMINTON Tony Gunawan is set to compete in his first Olympics since he became a U.S. citizen last year. He was part of Indonesia's gold medal-winning doubles team in 2000, and won the world doubles title in 2001. He then immigrated to the U.S. and won America's first world title with Howard Bach in 2005. Gunawan, of West Covina, Calif., will team with San Francisco-native Bach again this summer. Bach is competing in his third games, and a quarterfinals appearance would be a good showing for the duo. The only other qualifier for the U.S. in badminton is Rena Wang, of Arcadia, Calif., who is ranked 57th and will compete in the women's singles in her Olympic debut. FIELD HOCKEY The U.S. women's team is part of a loaded Group B for the London Olympics which also includes gold medal-favorite Argentina, former Olympic champs Germany and Australia, plus New Zealand and South Africa. So the Americans aren't expected to contend for a medal, but they do have a surprising showing last year for inspiration. The U.S. punched its Olympic ticket with a 4-2 victory over Argentina in the Pan American Games final in October. It was the country's first victory over Argentina since 1987. Argentina had won each of the previous six Pan American competitions. The 2008 Beijing squad finished eighth, and seven women will make their second Olympic appearance. Midfielder Katelyn Falgowksi was the only American to make the world all-star team last year. MODERN PENTATHLON Margaux Isaksen is seeking a rare medal for the U.S. in modern pentathlon, one of the more obscure Olympic competitions. But she had mononucleosis earlier this year and it affected her stamina in training and competition. Isaksen was 16 when she finished 21st in Beijing and showed improvement by winning back-to-back events in October and qualifying for the final round in every World Cup event she entered, except for one in April during her recovery from mono. U.S. Army Spc. Dennis Bowsher might be the only other American in the event unless the U.S. gets spots from a reallocation from other countries in mid-June. The 29-year-old Dallas native is 44th in the world, and qualified for the London Games with a fourth-place overall finish in last year's Pan American Games in Mexico. TRIATHLON Gwen Jorgensen leads the American group for the triathlon, which has yielded a lone bronze medal for the U.S. since the event was added to the Olympics in 2000. Jorgensen, a collegiate swimmer and runner who completed her first triathlon in March 2010, finished second at an International Triathlon Union World Championship Series event in London last August - on the same course that will be used in the Olympics. It was the best-ever finish for a U.S. woman and qualified her for London Games. Sarah Groff finished third in the ITU rankings last year for the first-ever series podium finish by a U.S. athlete, and Laura Bennett, who finished fourth in Beijing, also could shine in London. The men's prospects are not as bright. Hunter Kemper is back for his fourth Olympics, while 28-year-old Manual Huerta, who fled Cuba in 1997 and became a U.S. citizen when he was 20, is in the games for the first time. Kemper and Huerta rank No. 27 and No. 35, respectively. --- AP Sports Writer Foster Niumata in London contributed to this report. --- Medal projections: ARCHERY Men Individual: Gold: Brady Ellison, USA Silver: Im Dong-hyun, Korea Bronze: Kim Woojin, Korea Team Gold: Korea Silver: United States Bronze: France Women Individual Gold: Ki Bo Bae, Korea Silver: Cheng Ming, China Bronze: Denisse Van Lamoen, Chile Team Gold: Korea Silver: China Bronze: India BADMINTON Men's Singles Gold: Lin Dan, China Silver: Lee Chong Wei, Malaysia Bronze: Chen Jin, China; Kenichi Tago, Japan Women's Singles Gold: Wang Yihan, China Silver: Wang Xin, China Bronze: Saina Nehwal, India; Juliane Schenk, Germany Men's Doubles Gold: Jung Jae-sung and Lee Yong-dae, South Korea Silver: Cai Yun and Fu Haifeng, China Bronze: Ko Sung-hyun and Yoo Yeon-seong, South Korea; Carsten Morgensen and Mathias Boe, Denmark Women's Doubles Gold: Yu Yang and Wang Xiaoli, China Silver: Tian Qing and Zhao Yunlei, China Bronze: Ha Jung-eun and Kim Min-jung, South Korea; Jung Kyung-eun and Kim Ha-na, South Korea Mixed Doubles Gold: Zhang Nan and Zhao Yunlei, China Silver: Xu Chen and Ma Jin, China Bronze: Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir, Indonesia; Lee Yong-dae and Ha Jung-eun, South Korea FENCING Men Epee Gold: Nikolai Novosjolov, Estonia Silver: Bas Verwijlen, Netherlands Bronze: Paola Pizzo, Italy Foil Gold: Andrea Cassara', Italy Silver: Valerio Aspromonte, Italy Bronze: Giorgio Avola, Italy Saber Gold: Nicolas Limbach, Germany Silver: Alexey Yakimenko, Russia Bronze: Aldo Montano, Italy Saber Team Gold: Russia Silver: Belarus Bronze: Italy Foil Team Gold: Italy Silver: China Bronze: Germany Women Epee Gold: Sun Yujie, China Silver: Ana Branza, Romania Bronze: Li Na, China Foil Gold: Valentina Vezzali, Italy Silver: Elisa Di Francisca, Italy Bronze: Nam Hyun-Hee, Korea Saber Gold: Mariel Zagunis, USA Silver: Sofya Velikaya, Russia Bronze: Olga Kharlan, Ukraine Foil Team Gold: Italy Silver: Russia Bronze: Korea Epee Team Gold: Romania Silver: Russia Bronze: China FIELD HOCKEY Men Gold: Australia Silver: Netherlands Bronze: Germany Women Gold: Netherlands Silver: Argentina Bronze: England HANDBALL Men Gold: France Silver: Spain Bronze: Denmark Women Gold: Russia Silver: Norway Bronze: Denmark TRIATHLON Men Gold: Alistair Brownlee, Britain Silver: Javier Gomez, Spain Bronze: Jonathan Brownlee, Britain Women Gold: Emma Moffatt, Australia Silver: Helen Jenkins, Britain Bronze: Sarah Groff, United States MODERN PENTATHLON Men Gold: Andrey Moiseyev, Russia Silver: Aleksander Lesun, Russia Bronze: Adam Marosi, Hungary Women Gold: Amelie Caze, France Silver: Mhairi Spence, Britain Bronze: Lena Schoeneborn, Germany SHOOTING Men 50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold: Niccolo Campriani, Italy Silver: Matt Emmons, United States Bronze: Jason Parker, United States 50m Rifle Prone Gold: Sergei Martynov, Belarus Silver: Wang Weiyi, China Bronze: Marco de Nicolo, Italy 10m Air Rifle Gold: Niccolo Campriani, Italy Silver: Illia Charheika, Belarus Bronze: Wang Tao, China 50m Pistol Gold: Jin Jong-oh, South Korea Silver: Damir Mikec, Serbia Bronze: Vladimir Isakov, Russia 25m Rapid Fire Pistol Gold: Alexei Klimov, Russia Silver: Christian Reitz, Germany Bronze: Zhang Jian, China 10m Air Pistol Gold: Tan Zongliang, China Silver: Jin Jong-oh, South Korea Bronze: Yusuf Dikec, Turkey Trap Gold: Alexey Alipov, Russia Silver: Rodolfo Vigano, Italy Bronze: Massimo Fabbrizi, Italy Double Trap Gold: Joshua Richmond, United States Silver: Peter Wilson, Britain Bronze: William Chetcuti, Malta Skeet Gold: Mikola Milchev, Ukraine Silver: Tore Brovold, Norway Bronze: Valeriy Shomin, Russia Women 50m Rifle 3 Positions Gold: Barbara Engleder, Germany Silver: Du Li, China Bronze: Yi Siling, China 10m Air Rifle Gold: Yi Siling, China Silver: Katerina Emmons, Czech Republic Bronze: Du Li, China 25m Pistol Gold: Celine Goberville, France Silver: Lenka Maruskova, Czech Republic Bronze: Chen Ying, China 10m Air Pistol Gold: Olena Kostevych, Ukraine Silver: Lenka Maruskova, Czech Republic Bronze: Zorana Arunovic, Serbia Trap Gold: Fatima Galvez, Spain Silver: Elena Tkach, Russia Bronze: Zuzana Stefecekova, Slovakia Skeet Gold: Kimberly Rhode, United States Silver: Danka Bartekova, Slovakia Bronze: Wei Ning, China Fri, 22 Jun 2012 17:21:44 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/us_has_plenty_of_medal_prospects_in_smaller_sports/11071013 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/us_has_plenty_of_medal_prospects_in_smaller_sports/11071013 US has plenty of medal prospects in smaller sports http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/us_has_plenty_of_medal_prospects_in_smaller_sports/11071013 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Britain's Jonathan Brownlee, showing little rust from seven months away from competition, pulled away on the run and captured the ITU World Triathlon San Diego on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 48, minutes 46 seconds. Switzerland's Sven Riederer was second in the event comprised of a 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run in 1:48:52, while Hunter Kemper and Manuel Huerta both qualified for the US Olympic team with fifth and ninth-place finishes, respectively. ''This is my first race of the year. I can't believe it. I'm over the moon,'' Kemper said. ''It's a tremendous day for me. I didn't know if I would actually be back here. I went through so much. . . . It's been a struggle, but there's no better feeling than representing the USA. ''Ultimately, you always want to settle it on a race course. You don't want a selection committee to decide who's going to the Olympic Games. I did that today and so did Manny.'' Kemper, who will be appearing in his fourth Olympics, was clocked in 1:49:17, while Huerta, who spent recent time living in a volcano in Costa Rica to get high altitude training, finished at 1:49:31. Brownlee, who along with his brother, Alistair, will be favored in the London Games, broke away from South Africa's Richard Murray in the second lap of the 10k run and finished the run in 30:01. ''We had to work really hard on the bike,'' Brownlee said. ''It was different not having Alistair there because there were less aggressive people from the back. I found myself and Kris Gemmell (the 10th-place finisher from New Zealand) doing a lot of the work, but then on the run I went hard on the second lap.'' Murray, who is the overall leader in the world championship series, finished third in 1:49:02, just ahead of Mario Mola of Spain, who was clocked in 1:49:08. ''The Series leader has been something I've wanted to win for the past four or five years. It's definitely an honor,'' Murray said. Americans needed to finish in the top nine in order to get spots on their US Olympic team. ''I never, never gave up on my dream,'' Huerta said. ''I battled through so many downs and ups, like many athletes, but I knew that today it was special. I was racing in my new country and I wanted to make my dream come true. For many young Hispanics like me, who come to America with that dream, they stick to their dream and they never give up.'' Sat, 12 May 2012 21:49:46 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/kemper_huerta_make_olympic_team/10779374 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/kemper_huerta_make_olympic_team/10779374 Kemper, Huerta make Olympic team http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/kemper_huerta_make_olympic_team/10779374 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Britain's Jonathan Brownlee, showing little rust from seven months away from competition, pulled away on the run and captured the ITU World Triathlon San Diego on Saturday with a time of 1 hour, 48, minutes 46 seconds. Switzerland's Sven Riederer was second in the event comprised of a 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run in 1:48:52, while Hunter Kemper and Manuel Huerta both qualified for the U.S. Olympic team with fifth and ninth-place finishes, respectively. Kemper, who will be appearing in his fourth Olympics, was clocked in 1:49:17, while Huerta, who spent recent time living in a volcano in Costa Rica to get high altitude training, finished at 1:49:31. Brownlee, who along with his brother, Alistair, will be favored in the London Games, broke away from South Africa's Richard Murray in the second lap of the 10k run and finished the run in 30:01. Sat, 12 May 2012 20:43:02 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/kemper_huerta_grab_us_olympic_triathlon_spots/10779200 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/kemper_huerta_grab_us_olympic_triathlon_spots/10779200 Kemper, Huerta Grab US Olympic triathlon spots http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/kemper_huerta_grab_us_olympic_triathlon_spots/10779200 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Laura Bennett made the U.S. Olympic team with a third-place finish at the ITU World Triathlon San Diego. Her finish in 2 hours, 11 seconds was good enough to send her back to the Olympics, where she can try to improve on her fourth-place finish from the Beijing Games. Great Britain's Helen Jenkins won the 1,500-meter swim, 40-kilometer bike and 10-kilometer run in 1:58:20, and Australia's Erin Densham was second in 1:59:25. Bennett, from Boulder, Colo., will join Sarah Groff and Gwen Jorgenson in London. They both previously qualified for the U.S. team. Fri, 11 May 2012 23:33:43 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/laura_bennett_makes_us_olympic_triathlon_team/10774316 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/laura_bennett_makes_us_olympic_triathlon_team/10774316 Laura Bennett makes US Olympic triathlon team http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/laura_bennett_makes_us_olympic_triathlon_team/10774316 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Australian Erin Densham won the win the ITU Mooloolaba World Cup triathlon Sunday, taking a slender lead in the swim and powering away in the final 5 kilometers of the run. Densham finished in an unofficial time of 2 hours, 3 minutes, 31 seconds, a 52-second gap over second-place Nicola Spirig of Switzerland in the Olympic qualifier. Andrea Hewitt of New Zealand, who had won her last three triathlons, including the world championship final in Beijing, was third, another 6 seconds behind. Beijing Olympic gold medalist Emma Snowsill withdrew because of illness. Snowsill, who flew in from her training base in South Africa on Wednesday, has been fighting a gastrointestinal virus since arriving back in Australia. Britain's Liz Blatchford was fourth, 1:44 behind Densham, followed by Rachel Klamer of the Netherlands, Daniela Ryf of Switzerland and Americans Laura Bennett and Gwen Jorgensen. Emma Moffatt of Australia, the Beijing bronze medalist who has already gained selection for Australia for the London Games, was ninth, more than 2 minutes behind Densham, followed by Lisa Norden of Sweden in 10th. Bennett led out of the 40-kilometer cycling leg with Densham dropping to sixth in a tightly packed group heading into the 10-kilometer run leg. The race along this oceanfront resort city attracted a large international group of athletes because of qualifying for the London Games. Of the 44 starters Sunday representing 21 countries, 18 were current or former Olympians. The top eight nations on the international rankings by the May 31 deadline receive three men and three women team members at the Olympics. It was to be Snowsill's first race of the season. She'll now need to focus on her next race, the ITU World Championship series opener in Sydney on April 14, in an attempt to qualify as one of the three Australians for London. Moffatt, based on recent form, was selected by the Australian Olympic Committee in December as one of the three on the Australian team. Another of those spots is likely to be taken by another Emma, former world under-23 champion Emma Jackson, after she won the Oceania title in Devonport, Tasmania three weeks ago. On Saturday, New Zealand-based Laurent Vidal of France beat two-time defending champion Brad Kahlefeldt of Australia in a sprint finish to win the men's race, which also was a London Games qualifier. Sun, 25 Mar 2012 01:31:42 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/erin_densham_wins_world_cup_triathlon/10394155 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/erin_densham_wins_world_cup_triathlon/10394155 Erin Densham wins World Cup triathlon http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/erin_densham_wins_world_cup_triathlon/10394155 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png USF's bats failed to back Matt Reed's strong performance on the mound in 2-0 loss to lt;br />Bethune-Cookman on Sunday. Sun, 26 Feb 2012 15:47:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/bulls_fail_to_clinch_first_home_series_win/10129876 http://network.yardbarker.com/triathlon/article_external/bulls_fail_to_clinch_first_home_series_win/10129876 Bulls Fail to Clinch First Home Series Win http://www.yardbarker.com/triathlon/articles/bulls_fail_to_clinch_first_home_series_win/10129876 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Philadelphia’s Matt Reed was the recepient of Leino’s elbow. 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