September 7 articles
The U.S. Media Team will be covering today's Women's Vollyeball game live! The game will start at 1pm Taiwan time (1am in the east coast in the U.S.)
The U.S. Athletics Team came away with a gold medal in its first day of competition Monday at Taipei Stadium, along with several qualifiers for Tuesday’s 100-meter final.
Ideally, the U.S. Women's game against China would have been a breeze. Instead, the Americans struggled to gain a lead in the first half, and in the second half, only slowly built a lead against the Chinese on their way to an 88-44 victory.
When swimmer Jessica Weeden looked at the scoreboard after her 50-meter breaststroke final, her lane was in fourth place.
But her fellow teammates and coaches were yelling and cheering in the stands, holding up three fingers, indicating a bronze.
The first full day for the entire U.S. Beach Volleyball Team resulted in an even number of wins and losses.
The U.S. Women’s Volleyball Team had a slow start in their match against Italy on Monday afternoon at National Taiwan University Sports Center in Taipei, but was able to recover and win in three sets.
The USA Deaf Sports Federation hosted a welcome reception Monday evening at Miramar Garden Taipei Hotel to welcome parents, fans and supporters of the U.S. Deaflympic Team. Close to 300 attendees participated in the reception at the main restaurant of the hotel, the main residence of the U.S. team in Taiwan.
Playing a tougher team one day after losing to Italy, 26-6, the U.S. Water Polo Team lost another game by a similar margin, 27-6.
Ten minutes into the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team’s match against Denmark on Monday morning, Denmark appeared fatigued and ready to cash in its chips. The Americans pulverized them, 7-0, moving the U.S. to No. 8 in the world rankings and enabling them to advance to the semifinals.
Aaron Gomez and Jennifer Woyahn lost their opening draw singles matches in Taipei on Monday, but won their first mixed doubles event Monday afternoon.
After a long week of training in Chia-Yi, Taiwan, members of the U.S. Bowling Team are more than ready to finally begin the Games.
