Sunday, August 23, 2015

IAAF Track and Field World Championships

The IAAF Track and Field World Championships are being held in Beijing, China from August 22-30, 2015.

Results: USA Athletes medals or places in finals only. Includes record performances.

Women's Shot Put
Christina Schwanitz - Germany - gold
Lijiao Gong - China - silver
Michelle Carter - USA - bronze

Men's 10,000
Mo Farah - GB - gold
Galen Rupp - USA - 5th

Men's Shot Put
Joe Kovacs - USA - gold
David Storl - Germany - silver
O'Dwayne Richards - Jamaica - bronze
Reese Hoffa - USA - 5th

Men's 100
Usain Bolt - Jamaica - gold - 9.79
Justin Gatlin - USA - silver - 9.80
Trayvon Brommell - USA - bronze - 9.92
Andre Degrasse - Canada - tie for bronze - 9.92

Women's 10,000
Vivian Jepkemoi Cheruiyot - Kenya - gold - 31:41.31
Gelete Burka - Eithiopia - silver - 31.41.77
Emily Infeld - USA - bronze - 31:43.49
Molly Huddle - USA - 4th
Shalane Flanagan - USA - 6th

Men's 3000 Steeplechase
Daniel Huling - USA - 5th
Evan Jager - USA - 6th
Don Cabral - USA - 10th

Women's 100
Shelly Ann Fraser-Pryce - Jamaica - gold - 10.76
Dafne Schippers - Netherlands - silver - 10.81
Tori Bowie - USA - bronze - 10.86

Men's 400 Hurdles
Kerron Clement - USA - 4th
Michael Tinsley - USA - 8th

Women's 1500
Shannon Rowbury - USA - 7th
Jenny Simpson - USA - 11th

Women's 400 Hurdles
Zuzana Hejnova - CZE - gold - 53.50
Shamier Little - USA - silver - 53.94
Cassandra Tate - USA - bronze - 54.02

Women's 3000 Steeplechase
Emma Coburn - USA - 5th

Men's 400
Wayde Van Nekerk - South Africa - gold - 43.48
Lashawn Merritt - USA - silver - 43.65
Kirani James - Grenada - bronze - 43.78

Men's Triple Jump
Christian Taylor - USA - gold
Pedro Pichardo - Cuba - silver
Nelson Evora - Portugal - bronze

Women's 400
Allyson Felix - USA - gold - 49.26
Shaunae Miller - Bahamas - silver - 49.67
Shericka Jackson - Jamaica - bronze - 49.99

Men's 200
Usain Bolt - Jamaica - gold - 19.55
Justin Gatlin - USA - silver - 19.74
Anaso Jobodwana - South Africa - bronze - 19.87

Women's Long Jump
Tianna Bartoletta - USA - gold
Shara Proctor - GBR - silver
Ivana Spanovic - Serbia - bronze
Janay Deloach Soukup - USA - 8th

Women's 200
Dafne Schippers - Netherlands - gold - 21.63
Elaine Thompson - Jamaica - silver - 21.66
Veronica Campbell Brown - Jamaica - bronze - 21.97
(3rd and 4th fastest times ever recorded)

Men's 110 Hurdles
Sergey Shubenkov - Russia - gold - 12.98
Hansle Parchment - Jamaica - silver - 13.03
Aries Merritt - USA - bronze - 13.04
David Oliver - USA - 7th

Women's 100 Hurdles
Brianna Rollins - USA - 4th
Sharika Nelvis - USA - 8th

Men's 5000
Mo Farah - GBR - gold
Galen Rupp - USA - 5th
Ben True - USA - 6th
Ryan Hill - USA - 7th

Men's Decathlon
Ashton Eaton - USA - gold - 9045 (world record)
Damian Warner - Canada - silver - 8695
Rico Freimuth - Germany - bronze - 8561

Women's 4 by 100 relay
Jamaica - gold - 41.07
USA - silver - 41.68
Trinidad & Tobago - bronze - 42.03

Men's 4 by 100 relay
Jamaica - gold - 37.36
China - silver - 38.01
Canada - bronze - 38.13
USA - DQ - 37.77

Men's High Jump
Erik Kynard - USA - 8th

Women's 5000
Nicole Tully - USA - 13th

Men's 1500
Matthew Centrowitz - USA - 8th
Leonel Manzano - USA - 10th
Robby Andrews - USA - 11th

Women's 4 by 400 relay
Jamaica - gold - 3:19.13
USA - silver - 3:19.44
GBR - bronze - 3:23.62

Men's 4 by 400 relay
USA - gold - 2:57.82
Trinidad & Tobago - silver - 2:58.20
GBR - bronze - 2:58.51

Final Medal Count - Top 3 countries
Kenya - 7 gold, 6 silver, 3 bronze - 16 total
Jamaica - 7 gold, 2 silver, 3 bronze - 12 total
USA - 6 gold, 6 silver, 6 bronze - 18 total

Lowest total medal count for USA at the IAAF World Track and Field Championships since 2003.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

P & G USA Gymnastics Championships

Simone Biles won her third all around title at the P & G USA Gymnastics Championships held August 13-16, 2015 in Indianapolis, Indiana.

For the USA men, Sam Mikulak won his third straight all around title as well.

Results - Women's All Around judges combined - (prelims and finals) totals for 4 events

1. Simone Biles - 124.100
2. Maggie Nichols - 119.150
3. Aly Raisman - 118.550
4. Bailie Key - 118.350
5. Gabby Douglas - 117.950
10. Kyla Ross - 114.550

Individual Results- Women's Vault - combined totals

1. Simone Biles - 31.550
2. MyKayla Skinner - 30.125

Women's Uneven Bars - combined totals

1. Madison Kocian - 31.100
2. Ashton Locklear - 30.850
3. Bailie Key - 30.500
4. Gabby Douglas - 30.400
5. Simone Biles - 30.100
11. Aly Raisman - 28.250
12. Kyla Ross - 28.100

Women's Balance Beam - combined totals

1. Simone Biles - 30.700
2. Alyssa Bauman - 30.200
3. Kyla Ross - 29.500
4. Nia Dennis - 29.050
4. Maggie Nichols - 29.050
7. Aly Raisman - 28.700
9. Gabby Douglas - 28.650

Women's Floor Exercise- combined totals

1. Aly Raisman - 31.050
2. Simone Biles - 30.750
3. MyKayla Skinner - 29.150
3. Bailie Key - 29.150
5. Maggie Nichols - 28.700
6. Gabby Douglas - 28.650
12. Kyla Ross - 27.350


Results of USA Men's All Around - judges combined (prelims and finals) for 6 events

1. Sam Mikulak - 183.650
2. Donnell Whittenburg - 179.300
3. Chris Brooks - 177.150
4. Alex Naddour - 175.600
5. Marvin Kimble - 175.400
6. Danell Leyva - 175.100
6. Steven Legendre -175.100
8. Paul Ruggeri - 174.850
9. Jonathan Horton - 174.550


Individual Results- Men's Floor Exercise - combined totals

1 Steven Legendre - 31.300
2. Donnell Whittenburg - 31.100
3. Stacey Ervin - 30.950
4. Eddie Penev - 30.800
5. Paul Ruggeri - 30.650
7. Sam Mikulak - 30.150
8. Jonathan Horton - 30.150
26. Danell Leyva - 28.000

Men's Pommel Horse - combined totals

1. Alex Naddour - 30.600
2. Donothan Bailey - 30.000
3. Sam Mikulak - 29.900
4. Michael Reid - 29.700
5. Alec Yoder - 29.550
8. Donnell Whittenburg - 28.250
12. Danell Leyva - 27.950
19. Steven Legendre - 27.050
29. Jonathan Horton - 26.150
33. Paul Ruggeri - 24.700

Men's Still Rings - combined totals

1. Donnell Whittenburg - 32.000
2. Brandon Wynn - 31.500
3. CJ Maestras - 31.150
3. Steven Lacombe - 31.150
5. Sam Mikulak - 30.750
7. Steven Legendre - 30.300
8. Jonathan Horton - 30.250
17. Paul Ruggeri - 28.750
23. Denell Leyva - 28.400

Men's Vault - combined totals

1. Sam Mikulak - 30.850
2. Paul Ruggeri - 30.700
3. Donnell Whittenburg - 30.650
4. Kevin Wolting - 30.450
5. Eddie Penev - 30.250
16. Danell Leyva - 29.400
25. Steven Legendre - 28.850
27. Jonathan Horton - 28.650

Men's Parallel Bars - combined totals

1. Sam Mikulak - 31.550
2. Chris Brooks - 31.150
3. Danell Leyva - 31.050
4. Jonathan Horton - 30.400
5. Akash Modi - 30.150
9. Donnell Whittenburg - 29.550
11. Steven Legendre - 29.450
15. Paul Ruggeri - 29.300

Men's High Bar - combined totals

1. Chris Brooks - 31.350
2. Paul Ruggeri - 30.750
3. Sam Mikulak - 30.450
4. Danell Leyva - 30.300
5. Donothan Bailey - 29.550
7. Jonathan Horton - 29.050
19. Steven Legendre - 28.150
26. Donnell Whittenburg - 27.750

Thursday, August 13, 2015

2015 FINA World Swimming Championshps- USA medal winners

Katie Ledecky led the USA with 5 gold at the FINA World Swimming Championships held in Kazan, Russia from July 24- August 9, 2015.
The USA led all countries with 23 total medals 8 gold, 10 silver, 5 bronze(USA Swimming says 26 total medals that includes open water medals). Australia was second with 16 total medals and China finished third with 13 total medals.

List of medal winners for USA Women:

Katie Ledecky - 5 gold - 400 free, 1500 free, 200 free, 800 free relay and 800 free.
Missy Franklin - 2 gold - 800 free relay, mixed 400 free relay. 1 silver - 200 back. 2 bronze - 200 free, 400 free relay.
Katie Mclaughlin - 1 gold - 800 free relay. 1 silver - mixed 400 free relay.
Haley Anderson - 1 gold - open water 5K.
Simone Manuel - 1 gold - mixed 400 free relay. 1 bronze - 400 free relay.
Shannon Vreeland - 1 gold - 800 free relay(prelims). 1 bronze - 400 free relay(prelims).
Margo Geer - 1 gold - mixed 400 free relay(prelims). 1 silver - mixed 400 medley relay. 1 bronze - 400 free relay.
Leah Smith - 1 gold - 800 free relay.
Cierra Runge - 1 gold - 800 free relay(prelims).
Chelsea Chenault - 1 gold - 800 free relay(prelims.)
Abbey Weitzeil - 1 gold - mixed 400 free relay(prelims).
Cammile Adams - 1 silver - 200 fly.
Micah Lawrence - 1 silver - 200 breast.
Lia Neal - 1 silver - mixed 400 medley relay(prelims). - 1 bronze - 400 free relay.
Maya DiRado - 1 silver - 400 IM(Individual Medley.)
Kendyl Stewart - 1 silver - mixed 400 medley relay(prelims).


USA Men Medal winners:

Ryan Lochte - 3 gold - 200IM, mixed 400 free relay, 400 medley relay(prelims). 1 silver - 800 free relay.
Nathan Adrian - 2 gold - mixed 400 free relay, 400 medley relay.
Matt Grevers - 1 gold - 400 medley relay(prelms). 1 silver - 50 back. 1 bronze - 100 back.
Kevin Cordes - 1 gold - 400 medley relay. 2 silver - 200 breast, mixed 400 medley relay. 1 bronze - 50 breast.
Ryan Murphy - 1 gold - 400 medley relay. 1 silver - mixed 400 medley relay.
Conor Dwyer - 1 gold - mixed 400 free relay(prelims). 1 silver - 800 free relay.
Jordan Wilimovsky - 1 gold - open water 10K.
Tom Shields - 1 gold - 400 medley relay.
Cody Miller - 1 gold - 400 medley relay(prelims).
Tim Phillips - 1 gold - 400 medley relay(prelims).
Alex Meyer - 1 silver - open water 25K.
Connor Jaeger - 1 silver - 1500 free.
Reed Malone - 1 silver - 800 free relay.
Michael Weiss - 1 silver - 800 free relay.
Michael Klueh - 1 silver - 800 free relay(prelims).
Chase Kalisz - 1 bronze - 400IM.

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

One year until 2016 Rio Games

Today marks one year until the 2016 Rio Summer Games. Celebrations will be held in the USA and Brazil. The games will take place August 5-21,2016.