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= MILAN CORTINA 2026 =
From Lane One
American bobsled star Elana Meyers Taylor is 41 and in her fifth Olympic Winter Games. She’s married, with two young sons – both deaf – and has won medals in each of her four prior appearances: bronze in 2010, silver in 2014 and 2018 and bronze again in 2022 for the Two-Woman, and a Monobob silver in 2022.
But she came back again, and had a clear reason:
“I really want a gold medal. I haven’t gotten it yet, so I feel like that is the one thing that I am missing from my resume, but besides that it is doing it for myself and doing it for my kids.
“To show them that I can chase my dreams and I can overcome obstacles and just continue to persevere through any obstacles that come my way and actually achieve my dreams.”
Dreams do come true and if the Olympic Games show us anything, it is about drive and will and belief. Meyers Taylor put together two brilliant second-day runs, the equal-fastest third run and the no. 2 fourth run to overtake German star Laura Nolte and win the Monobob, 3:57.93 to 3:57.97: by 0.04. She explained afterwards about her second-day approach:
“I just focused on what I needed to do, the points I needed to hit. I had gone over the track again with my coach this morning, and he told me what I needed to do. We discussed it and we just went to work.
“I was super grateful to be able to put the pieces together and finally have a run that I could walk away very proud with.”
And now?
“I’m feeling great. I’m a little tired, the adrenaline’s wearing off a little bit, but I’m super excited to finally have a gold medal and to have worked so hard all these years.
“It means so much to the support staff around me, to my friends, my family, everyone behind me who’s worked so hard to even get me to the starting line, let alone to win a gold medal. It’s been incredible.
“Lots of ups and downs, and you have to be able to ride the storm. At the end of the day, I have great support behind me, starting with my husband [Nic].
“My husband’s been there every step of the way telling me I could do this, whether he’s taken late nights with the kids or anything like that.”
And there was more family on hand in Cortina, as she hugged her sons at the finish line:
“It was so incredible. They’re tired, a little cranky – especially Nico. He’s like, ‘I’m ready to go to bed mom.’ It is a little late.
“But to be able to have them and be able to share this moment with them; like, my mom she was so excited and to be able to have her here – she’s Italian too – but she’s never been to Italy before, so now she’s been to Italy and seen her daughter win a gold medal, it’s just incredible.”
There are lots of people who will tell you what is all wrong about the Olympic Games and the Olympic Movement. Meyers Taylor demonstrates what makes it all right.
~ Rich Perelman
● Milan Cortina 2026 update ● The organizing committee said it sold 108,000 tickets on Sunday, sending the total over 1.3 million for the Games, out of about 1.5 million available.
Spokesman Luca Casassa explained, “The number of tickets sold keeps increasing, day by day. It’s a linear increase and we believe this linear increase will continue from now on, to the end of the Games.”
● Rosen Report ● The U.S. men’s hockey team routed Germany, 5-1, and won Group C with a 3-0 record, but there is “more to accomplish” as the playoffs start. The U.S. has never won an Olympic gold outside in a foreign Games.
● Il Tempo Olimpici ● A rare sunny day is forecast for Milan on the 17th (Tuesday), with highs of 57 F and a low of 36 F. But winds are to pick up slightly to 8 miles per hour.
In Cortina, a cold but partly sunny day is anticipated, with wintry temps of 26 F for the high and 12 F for the low. Wind is expected to be modest at 5 miles an hour. Snow is expected again on Thursday.
● Scoreboard ● Norway continues to lead the medal table, as 26 countries have won one or more at the Winter Games:
● 28: Norway (12-7-9)
● 23: Italy (8-4-11)
● 19: United States (6-8-5)
● 18: Japan (4-5-9)
● 17: Germany (4-7-6)
● 15: Austria
● 15: France
● 12: Netherlands
● 11: Sweden
● 11: Canada
A better indication of team performance has to go beyond three places, so The Sports Examiner returns our eight-place scoring, using the NCAA track & field format of 10-8-6-5-4-3-2-1 to score each event. After 11 days, the top 12:
● 338.5: Norway
● 287.5: Italy
● 241.5: United States
● 211.5: Austria
● 209.5: France
● 199: Germany
● 180.5: Japan
● 157: Canada
● 144: Netherlands
● 135.5: Switzerland
● 128: Sweden
● 91: China
In terms of place winners from 1-8, Norway continues to lead with 61, followed by 57 for Italy, 53 for the U.S., 47 for Austria and 44 for France.
● Television ● No ratings data from NBC for a couple of days, but the top viewing markets for the Games in the U.S. so far were shared. The top markets by rating:
● 14.9: Ft. Myers, Florida
● 14.9: Minneapolis, Minnesota
● 14.7: Milwaukee, Wisconsin
● 13.8: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
● 13.6: Dayton, Ohio
The second five are St. Louis, Missouri (13.1), West Palm Beach, Florida (12.4), Richmond, Virginia (11.6), then a tie between Cleveland, Ohio, Kansas City, Missouri and Buffalo, New York, at 11.4. Salt Lake City, Utah, site of the 2034 Winter Games, was next at 11.3 in 12th.
● French Alps 2030 ● International Olympic Committee Olympic Games Executive Director Christophe Dubi (SUI) was asked about the turmoil among the top echelon of the French Alps 2030 organizing committee, with several executives moving on. But he is not concerned at present:
“Yes, there are problems, that’s life. The Games are so important, they involve so many people. In a position like mine, if you’re not prepared to face problems and challenges, you should change jobs. The project is so important that there are always problems. Right now, we have a people problem. We need to distinguish between problems that could impact the project and people problems. There are always people problems. It’s unpleasant, we don’t like seeing it in the media, it’s uncomfortable for all of us, but somehow it will be resolved.”
He also noted calls to switch the organizing dates with Utah 2034 are irrelevant, since that would only give the Utahans two years to market and organize the Games, following Los Angeles in 2028.
And what about Milan Cortina 2026? He’s happy, as the two most important groups are enjoying the events, despite the spread-out nature of the Games:
“They [athletes] tell us it’s working, and the fans love being in the mountains in this warm atmosphere. As long as these two major groups tell us it’s working, we don’t change a thing.”
● National Olympic Committees ● CNBC posted a list of the medal payouts for the Winter Games, which are made by the National Olympic Committees which send teams to the Games (in reality, their governments, which fund almost all of them).
The biggest prizes are from Singapore, with the equivalent of $792,000 for gold, and Hong Kong at $768,000 for winning. Among those countries active at the Winter Games, Italy is paying $214,000-107,000-71,000 for gold-silver-bronze. The U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Committee pays $37,500-22,500-15,000.
What about Norway, the Winter Games medal leader? The story notes:
“Norway … does not award cash bonuses for podium finishes. Instead, athletes who continue competing may qualify for financial support from the Norwegian Olympic and Paralympic Committee. The stipend is worth roughly 160,000 Norwegian kroner per year ($16,831) and includes access to professional training and medical services.”
● Figure Skating ● American star Ilia Malinin failed in his Free Skate at the Games and finished eighth after leading following the Short Program. But while he has drawn applause for his sportsmanship and grace in defeat, there has been a darker side. He posted on Instagram:
“On the world’s biggest stage, those who appear the strongest may still be fighting invisible battles on the inside. Even your happiest memories can end up tainted by the noise. Vile online hatred attacks the mind and fear lures it into the darkness, no matter how hard you try to stay sane through the endless insurmountable pressure. It all builds up as these moments flash before your eyes, resulting in an inevitable crash. This is that version of the story.”
He closed with “Coming February 21, 2026,” indicating he will skate in the closing gala, reserved for the medal winners at the Games (he won the Team Event gold for the U.S.). His agent also confirmed that he plans to defend his Worlds gold at the 26-29 March ISU Worlds in Prague (CZE).
● Ski Jumping ● American Annika Belshaw was disqualified in the women’s Large Hill competition, after qualifying for the final and taking one jump. The results noted the sanction was for “Ski length / Too long ski (by +1 cm).” That’s about 13/32nds of an inch. Now you know.
= RESULTS: MONDAY, 16 FEBRUARY =
(6 finals across 6 sports & disciplines)
● Alpine Skiing: Men’s Slalom
Despite fresh snow which created difficult conditions, Switzerland completed a near-sweep of the men’s Alpine program as 2025 World Champion Loic Meillard came from second on the first run to win the men’s Slalom with the equal-fastest time on the second run.
Meillard timed 56.88 on his second run to take the lead from surprise Austrian skier Fabio Gstrein, 1:53.61 to 1:53.96 as both had the same second-run time, fastest in the field. That left first-run leader Atle Lie McGrath (NOR), who forged a big lead with his 56.14 performance.
But about a quarter of the way down the run, McGrath straddled a gate and was disqualified. He threw his poles over the netting and then walked away, into the trees nearby. He was checked on by medical personnel and finally came back, not stopping to talk to anyone.
That left Meillard with a bronze in the Giant Slalom, silver in the Team Combined and now a gold in the Slalom in Cortina. Gstrein, 28, came in with a total of two World Cup medals in his career – both bronzes – and is now Olympic silver medalist.
Norway’s Henrik Kristoffersen, who won a 2014 Olympic bronze in this event, won the same medal 12 years later, in 1:54.74, moving from sixth to third in the second run.
The soft snow proved to be a problem for a lot of the skiers; out of the 95 starters, 49 did not finish the first run (!), including Giant Slalom winner Lucas Pinheiro Braathen (BRA) and River Radamus of the U.S., and two more were disqualified. There were only 39 final placers.
● Bobsled: Women’s Monobob
Americans Elana Meyers Taylor and defending Olympic champ Kaillie Armbruster Humphries were hunting German Laura Nolte in the final two runs on Monday, starting 0.22 and 0.31 behind the 2023-24 World Champion.
The third heat saw the two Americans get close, as they co-led the heat at 59.08, with Nolte at 59.15. So, entering heat four, Nolte held a 2:58.27 to 2:58.42 lead on Meyers Taylor with Armbruster Humphries at 2:58.51. German Lisa Buckwitz, a two-time Worlds bronze winner, was chasing the Americans at 2:59.15 in fourth.
Buckwitz timed 59.67, not as smooth as her prior runs and ended up seventh in the run and fell back. Armbruster Humphries charged from the start, had only a small bump and rolled to a 59.54 time and into the lead with only two left.
Meyers Taylor was immediately aggressive, got to the top of the track to increase her speed early and flew through the middle of the course, touching the sides twice just for a moment and finished in 59.51 and took the lead at 3:57.93, ahead of Armbruster Humphries at 3:58.05 and Buckwitz at 3:58.82.
It was up to Nolte, fourth in heat three and she did not get the line she was looking for, suffered a small bump and finished in 59.70 – ninth-best in the final heat – for a 3:57.97 total and the silver medal.
Meyers Taylor is no stranger to the Olympic Games at 41, and won the Olympic Monobob silver in 2022 behind Armbruster Humphries and four Two-Woman medals – bronze, silver, silver, bronze – from 2010-22. This season was arguably her worst on the World Cup circuit, where she didn’t win a Monobob medal. Now she is Olympic champ and owns six Olympic medals, and had husband Nic and boys Nico and Noah with her in Cortina.
With six total Winter medals, she tied speedskater Bonnie Blair for the most Winter Olympic medals ever by an American woman.
Armbruster Humphries,40, won her fifth Olympic medal: two golds and a bronze in Two-Woman for Canada and as an American, a Beijing 2022 gold and now a Cortina bronze in the Monobob.
Kaysha Love, the third American, wasn’t far behind at 3:59.27 and was seventh overall. At 28, she’s the future.
● Figure Skating: Pairs
After the first two Free Skate groups, the U.S. duo of Emily Chan and Spencer Akira Howe got a seasonal best of 130.25 and were first with a total score of 200.31.
After a tough Short Program and standing fifth at 73.11, two-time World Champions Riku Miura and Ryuichi Kihara dropped a lyrical, elegant and perfect Free Skate on the judges and were rewarded with the highest score in history: 158.13!
That gave them a total of 231.24, no. 5 all-time, with four pairs yet to come.
Hungary’s Maria Pavlova and Alexei Sviatchenko were up to the challenge and scored a lifetime best of 141.39 with a lifetime best of 215.36 to move into second. Canada’s Lia Pereira and Trennt Michaud had some errors and ended at 199.66; Georgia’s Anastasiia Metelkina and Luka Berulova scored 146.29 and a total of 221.75 to move into second.
That brought Short Program leaders, Germans Minerva Fabienne Hase and Nikita Volodin, who scored 80.31 to lead, and needed 151.24 to win, with a prior best of 149.57 from December 2025. Their program was athletic and fluid, but not perfect, with Hase’s two errors on jumps. They scored 139.08 to total 219.09 and earn the bronze.
Miura and Kihara were overwhelmed with their come-from-behind win, after finishing seventh in Beijing in 2022. Under pressure, they were supreme.
This was Japan’s first Pairs medal ever, and Georgia got its first Winter Olympic medal ever! This was the fourth Games in the last five that Germany has won a Pairs medal, three of them bronzes.
Americans Chans and Howe finished seventh overall, and Ellie Kam and Danny O’Shea scored 194.58 to finish ninth.
● Freestyle Skiing: Women’s Big Air
Despite an hour’s delay due to a snowstorm, and amid continuing snow, six different skiers scored 90.00 or more points, starting right away with Austria’s Lara Wolf at 93.50, followed by Megan Oldham (CAN), the Slopestyle bronze winner, at 91.75. Defending champion Eileen Gu (CHN) was at 90.00 in third.
In round two, it was Kirsty Muir (GBR) who hit 93.00 to lead the round, with Mengting Liu (CHN) at 90.00 and Oldham at 89.00, so she was the leader into the final round at 180.75.
Wolf, fifth in the order, finished with a 76.25 for a 169.75 total and would finish fifth. Gu, jumping sixth, earned an 89.00 for a brilliant jump and a 179.00 total and was the leader. Starting tenth was Italy’s 2025 World Champion, Flora Tabanelli, who exploded to a 94.25, best score of the day, but performing the same trick as she did in the first round, when she scored a 90.00. So only the 94.25 counted and she had to add in the 84.00 from the second round for a 178.25 total that left her in third place.
Muir, starting 11th, did not improve and finished at 174.75 and was fourth, meaning Oldham was the winner. She crashed out, but took the gold for Canada to get her first championship victory after the Slopestyle bronze and a Worlds silver and three bronzes.
Gu’s silver is fairly amazing, considering she didn’t contest the event in FIS competitions since the 2022 Beijing Winter Games!
● Short Track: Women’s 1,000 m:
Italian fans were screaming for another medal for home favorite Arianna Fontana, but Dutch star Xandra Velzeboer – the 2023 World champ in this event – took the lead with a lap to go and would not relinquish it and completed a 500-1,000 m double in 1:28.437.
She was just ahead of Canada’s Courtney Sauralt (1:28.523) and Korean Gil-li Kim (1:28.614), both of whom made mad dashes for the line, but could not catch Velzeboer. Fontana had to settle for fourth (1:28.745), just missing her 14th career Olympic medal.
It’s the third straight win for the Dutch in this event and the first 500-1,000 double since China’s Meng Wang in Vancouver in 2010.
Sauralt, an 11-time Worlds medal winner, now has three Olympic medals in Milan and her own 500-1,000 double, with a bronze and now, silver.
● Ski Jumping: Men’s Team (141 m)
Bad weather in Predazzo shortened the this reformatted competition – with two jumpers – to two rounds, but there was no doubt about the best team.
Austria’s defending Olympic champions prevailed again, with Jan Hoerl and Stephan Embacher winning both rounds and totaling 568.7 points, well ahead of Poland’s Pawel Wasik and the surprise of the competition, teen medalist Kacper Tomasiak, who totaled 547.3.
Norway’s Johann Forfang and Kristoffer Sundal were third (538.0), moving up from sixth after the first round. Slovenia’s Anze Lanisek and Domen Prevc stood second after the first round, but dropped to seventh in round two and ended up fifth at 536.1.
The U.S. had Kevin Bickner and Tate Frantz, 10th in the first round, but fourth in the second; they finished eighth at 520.2.
It’s the second straight gold for Austria and fourth win in the last six Games.
Elsewhere:
● Curling: The men’s tournament continued with Swiss Yannick Schwaller’s rink on top of the round-robin standings at 5-0 after a 9-7 win over China. Canada’s Brad Jacobs, the 2014 Olympic winner, moved his team to 5-1 after defeating defending champ Sweden and Niklas Edin by 8-6. At 1-5, the Swedes are in real danger of not making the playoffs.
David Casper’s U.S. team continues at 4-2, in third place and play China on Tuesday.
PyeongChang 2018 gold medalist Anna Hasselborg has her Swedish women’s team at 6-0 and leading Tabitha Peterson and the U.S. at 4-2. Sweden defeated four-time World Champions Switzerland (now 4-2), 6-4 on Monday, but Italy swamped the U.S., 7-2.
● Ice Hockey: The U.S. women were challenged by a physical Swedish side, but maintained excellent discipline and got a strong performance from keeper Aerin Frankel in a 5-0 shutout, to advance to the Olympic final once again.
Cayla Barnes opened the scoring at 5:09 of the first period as the U.S. piled up a 13-2 shots lead. But the Swedes attacked in the second, sending 13 shots at Frankel, while the Americans managed 11, but scored four times to break the game open.
Taylor Heise scored on a Hannah Bilka cross-ice pass at 9:09 of the second, then Abbey Murphy sent a seeing-eye shot over the shoulder of Swedish keeper Ebba Svensson Traff for a 3-0 edge at 15:12. That was followed quickly by Kendall Coyne Schofield at 16:10 and then Hayley Scarmurra at 17:59 for a 5-0 lead that ended up as the final. The U.S. ended with a 34-23 shots advantage.
This will be the seventh gold-medal final for the U.S. in eight women’s Olympic tournaments, with wins in 1998 and 2018, but losses in the other four to Canada, which had been in the seven prior finals, winning five.
Canada faced Switzerland in its semifinal, and despite a 46-8 shots edge, won by 2-1, on two second-period goals by star Marie-Philip Poulin. So, Canada and the U.S. will face off for gold, as expected, on Thursday. The Americans are 5-0 this season vs. Canada … so far.
= PREVIEWS: TUESDAY, 17 FEBRUARY =
(7 finals across 6 sports)
● Biathlon: Men’s 4×7.5 km Relay
The protagonists are well known. Norway, France and Sweden won 11 of the 12 medals in this event during the World Cup season. Those three have won eight of the nine medals in the last three World Championships.
And the favorite is Norway, which won this event three of four times during the World Cup season and was second in the fourth race. Vetle Christiansen was the anchor all four times, with the other positions shifting slightly between the races. The Norwegians are also the defending Olympic champs from 2022 and won the World Championship gold in 2025.
The French will not be intimidated, however, and have fielded a star-filled line-up with Sprint gold medalist Quentin Fillon Maillet and Pursuit bronzer Emelien Jacquelin, along with Individual runner-up Eric Perrot,. It may come down to penalties.
Sweden was third in this event on the World Cup circuit the first three times it was held and the Germans got the bronze in the fourth. They figure to battle for bronze this time as well.
● Bobsleigh: Two-Man
A German sweep seems inevitable, judging by the IBSF World Cup results. Johannes Lochner and George Fleischauer won six of seven races, usually by very slim margins over teammates Francesco Friedrich and Alexander Schueller.
But Germany’s Adam Ammour, with different brakemen, also claimed two silvers and four bronzes. So, yes, German sleds won 20 out of 21 medals during the World Cup season. Only Britain’s Brad Hall and Taylor Lawrence managed one bronze.
Friedrich is the two-time Olympic champion in this event; Lochner was second in 2022. At the Worlds, Friedrich has won nine golds, Lochner has one, from 2023.
In the first two heats, Lochner and Fleischauer were on it, leading by 1:49.90 to 1:50.70 – an 0.80-second margin – over Friedrich and Schueller. And as expected, Ammour was third, with Alexander Schaller, at 1:51.14. The surprise was in fourth, as Americans Frank Del Duca and Joshua Williamson were fourth at 1:51.24.
Lochner won both heats; Ammour was a solid third in the first run, but was 11th in the second.
● Freestyle Skiing: Men’s Big Air
American Troy Podmilsak won two of the three World Cups so far this season, and was the 2023 World Champion. New Zealand’s Luca Harrington medaled in all three World Cup, is the reigning (2025) World Champion and took a Slopestyle bronze already. Norway’s Birk Ruud won the 2026 gold in Slopestyle, is the defending champion , and won bronzes at the last two World Championships.
On paper, those are the favorites. But the qualifying was led by Mac Forehand of the U.S., scoring 93.25 and 89.75 for a 183.00 total and was last year’s Worlds runner-up. Austria’s Matej Svancer won a World Cup medal this season and had 92.50 and 90.00 scores for a qualifying total of 182.25. Ruud was third at 181.00.
The U.S. also has a third finalist in Konnor Ralph – the last man in – who scored 171.75; he also won a World Cup silver this season. Under the radar is Norway’s Ulrik Samnoy, who won the World Cup stop in China in December.
● Nordic Combined: Large Hill
This is a Gundersen-style race off a 141 m hill with a 10.0 km race to follow. History says that the logical favorites are Austria’s 2021 World Champion Johannes Lamparter, a five-time winner on the World Cup circuit, and Norway’s Jens Oftebro, the 2022 silver medalist in this event.
Oftebro won three of the last five races in the World Cup season and beat Lamparter by 1.0 seconds in the Normal Hill race. The re-match should be epic.
Ready to spoil the fun are Germany’s Vinzenz Geiger, the 2025 Worlds bronzer and a two-time World Cup winner this season and teammate Julian Schmid, who won once but collected six total medals. Austria also has upset-minded brothers in Thomas and Steffen Rettenegger, both World Cup medalists.
The International Olympic Committee is concerned that the Nordic Combined is too predictable and involves too few athletes and nations at the podium level. The World Cup shows this concern: all the medals went to Norway, Austria, Germany and one for Finland. That’s it.
● Snowboard: Women’s Slopestyle
Japan’s Kokomo Murase and New Zealand’s Zoi Sadowski Synnott went 1-2 in the Big Air final, but the Kiwi is the favorite in Slopestyle, where she is the defending Olympic champion, the 2019-21-25 World Champion and beat Murase last year.
Murase was third and first in the two World Cups held so far, which Sadowski Synnott skipped. But in qualifying on Sunday, Sadowski Synnott led at 88.08, trailed by Murase, at 84.93.
Those two appear ready to fight for the top spot on the podium. But Korean Big Air bronzer Seung-eun Kim appears ready to contest as well, third in the qualifying at 76.80.
Japan has two more contenders in Reira Iwabuchi, last year’s World bronzer and Mari Fukada, the 2025 Worlds Big Air third.
Canada’s Laurie Blouin, the 2017 World Champion and 2018 Olympic runner-up is in the final, and won a World Cup this season, and Austria’s Anna Gasser, the two-time Olympic Big Air winner, must be acknowledged, as the no. 5 qualifier.
The U.S. has Lily Dhawornvej, who took a World Cup silver this season and qualified along with Jessica Perlmutter.
● Speed Skating: Men’s Team Pursuit, Women’s Team Pursuit
The U.S. team of Casey Dawson, Emery Lehman and Ethan Cepuran won the 2025 Worlds gold in this event, were the 2022 Olympic bronze winners, own the world record of 3:32.49 from last November, and won all three World Cup races this season.
They believe this race belongs to them, an event in which the U.S. has a silver and a bronze, but no wins. It will not be handed to them.
Italy and the Dutch were 2-3 at the 2025 Worlds, with the U.S. winning comfortably and both, along with Norway and France, should contend for medals.
Competing head-to-head in the quarterfinals, the Italians – distance star Davide Ghiotto, Andrea Giovannini, Michele Malfatti – won over the U.S. in the same pair, 3:38.40 to 3:39.27, with China third-fastest at 3:41.66.
Can the U.S. overcome Italy’s home-ice advantage?
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The women’s relay has Canada as the small favorite, as defending Olympic champions – with Ivanie Blondin, Valerie Maltais and Isabelle Weidemann all back – and with a win and two seconds on the World Cup tour this season.
And they had the fastest time in qualifying at 2:55.03, but just ahead of Japan (2:55.52) and the Dutch (2:55.65), who each won a World Cup race. The U.S. was fourth, but slower at 2:58.32, with Giorgia Birkeland, Brittany Bowe and Mia Manganello.
At the 2025 Worlds, the Dutch got to the line first, with Japan second and Canada third. Those three seem ready to stand on the podium again, with the U.S. trying to find more speed to get into the medals.
= INTEL REPORT =
● Archery ● At the World Archery Indoor World Series in Merida (MEX), the men’s Recurve final was an all-North American affairs, with Matias Grande (MEX) edging Nicholas D’Amour of the U.S., 6-5 in a shoot-off. The women’s Recurve final was all-Mexico, with Angela Ruiz winning by 6-0 over Alejandra Valencia.
Dane Matthias Fullerton took the men’s Compound title over Mexico’s Miguel Becerra, 148-147 and Mexico’s Andrea Becerra took the women’s Compound gold, 148-147 over American Alexis Ruiz.
● Badminton ● In the Pan Am Team Cup finals in Guatemala City (GUA), the U.S. and Canada faced off in both the men’s and women’s final. Canada won both, by 3-1 in the men’s division and by 3-2 for the women.
● Sport Climbing ● The Boulder winners at the USA Climbing nationals in Orlando, Florida were Hugo Hoyer for the men (44.9) over Cozmo Rothfork (39.1), and 2021 World Champion Natalia Grossman (84.9) for the women. U.S. Paris silver medalist Brooke Raboutou was second at 69.2.
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