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Three-peat! Women's Soccer is Golden Again!

2013 Aug 04
Their uniforms were soaked with sweat under the hot morning sun, their shorts were covered with grass stains, and every player was jubilant. They were golden once more.
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Patterson grabs bronze in wrestling

2013 Aug 03
Andrew Patterson came to the Deaflympics for one thing: to win a medal.
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U.S. Tennis Golden for First Time since 1997

2013 Aug 03
As Chiu-Mei Ho’s return volley sailed out of bounds on the match point Thursday in the women’s doubles championship match, jubilant Americans Laura Chapman and Emily Hangstefer rushed toward each other and embraced on the red clay court.
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Track & Field Rakes in Hardware

2013 Aug 03
In a banner day for the U.S. track and field team, athletes won five medals, including two golds. Four years after earning silver in the men

Klish Dominates Cycling Points Race

2013 Aug 03
American cyclist John Klish cruised to gold in Friday
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Klotz adds second gold to swimming collection

2013 Aug 03
Swimmer Matthew Klotz broke yet another deaf world record
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Hangstefer siblings go home with silver in mixed doubles

2013 Aug 03
Holding serves and trading points and games back and forth, the Americans and the Germans battled for gold in the mixed doubles final Saturday at Dema Tennis Center.
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Russia shuts down U.S. women's volleyball, takes bronze

2013 Aug 03
For the first time since 1981, the United States is going home without a medal in women
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Handball ends Deaflympics with tie game

2013 Aug 03
The U.S. Team Handball squad
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Martinez falls short in wrestling

2013 Aug 03
In the 60kg freestyle wrestling competition Saturday, Ariann Martinez was unable to duplicate his teammate
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Elam, Klotz swim to bronze

2013 Aug 02
After several near-misses throughout the week, American swimmer Samantha Elam finally landed on the podium again, with a bronze in the 800m freestyle Thursday.
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Runners pad American medal count

2013 Aug 02
Janna Vander Meulen led the hardware haul Thursday for the U.S. with a bronze in a photo finish in the women
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Klish bikes to bronze, Lorenz crashes out

2013 Aug 02
In a race that passed old monasteries and recent wrecks, American cyclist John Klish sped along a steep course that looped around Gornobanski Monastary on Lyulin Mountain, on his way to a second bronze in the men
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Beach volleyball teams wrap up Games in sixth, seventh places

2013 Aug 02
American duo Michelle Skowzgird and Shana Lehmann cranked up the heat on the beach volleyball sands Friday at the National Sport Academy, soundly defeating Kezban Ates and Yeter Yalcin of Turkey in straight sets, 21-13, 21-9.
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Two beach volleyball pairs advance in round of 16

2013 Aug 01
In round-of-16 play Wednesday, the stakes were high for the U.S. beach volleyball duos. One loss, and their Games were over. At the end of the day, two American teams were still in play
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Volleyball routs Mexico, advances to semifinals

2013 Aug 01
The U.S. routed Mexico, 3-0, Wednesday to advance to the semifinal match against Japan at 7 p.m. (noon ET) Thursday. A win against Japan could set the stage for a showdown with defending gold medalist Ukraine, which plays Russia in the other semifinal at 3 p.m. (8 a.m. ET).
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Cyclists struggle in road races, finish out of medals

2013 Aug 01
American John Klish pedaled as hard as he could, hoping to explode past the four cyclists in front of him with few hundred meters left to go. His legs would not cooperate with him, though, as he finished fifth in the men
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Women's doubles advances to gold-medal match

2013 Aug 01
During their semifinal match Wednesday, the U.S. women
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Americans sprint to silver, bronze medals

2013 Aug 01
As they walked up to the starting blocks for the men
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Swimmers cut times but miss medals

2013 Aug 01
Despite top-three preliminary finishes and then shaving seconds off these times in the finals, U.S. swimmers fell short of the podium in multiple races Wednesday at Spartak Swimming Arena.
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Bowling struggles in women's team play

2013 Aug 01
The U.S. Bowling Team's woes continued during women's team play Wednesday as the bowlers fought for every pin fall but struggled to adjust to international competition and had problems staying relaxed during matches.
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Hangstefers one match away from gold

2013 Aug 01
On Thursday, members of the U.S. Tennis Team sat on the sidelines, fingers crossed and eyes locked on two siblings returning volley after volley on the red clay courts of the Dema Tennis Center. Daniel and Emily Hangstefer, of Chattanooga, Tenn., were battling their third consecutive seeded mixed doubles team. This time, it was the No. 2 seed team from France, Mikael Laurent and Sophie Bernard.
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Soccer advances to gold-medal match against Russia

2013 Aug 01
The United States mounted a balanced attack on Great Britain using a combination of relentless offense and stingy defense to win, 5-0, in the women
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