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![Beijing 2008](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwEEQ2r8RwjVFIiwu8mxrho5KRXuhXVGsM_CVQh7YTj_gyapVH3Iop5pgNzT89qm1zerVPlexbTggr0-tfiihnoMmmBIMDUjgLUXkoKIUsSjoRuhp4NsoD7Qapg2Tl9K_xQzr_niK6UGAk/s400/Beijing2008.gif)
Basketball - U.S. women beat South Korea 104-60 and will advance to the Olympic semifinals Thursday night to play either Russia or Spain. (Note: Sylvia Fowles scored 26 points and grabbed 14 rebounds)
![US Womens Beach Volleyball](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh49593ruxnK0fXDs-tk687SHKkOhXIjdG9oCt4Q7uG_y_S_2ZJJ147D7ZYpD8dD4WoRQ7cL97JCJYLDCYwL-ZTlWyG5aDe2xEEE-omqrV1A8qV3lo0idCzjbr-mFjPwQ68DOhb9phZaeVT/s200/beachvolleyball.jpg)
Discus - Stephanie Brown Trafton became America's first women's Olympic discus champion since Lillian Copeland triumphed in 1932. Trafton's toss of 212 feet, 5 inches was more than 4 feet shorter than her season best.
![Shawn Johnson](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi51O3wqZG4Jsb_RzxByK8KSzHIpyKUn36JrpxNO74vvSZmNdTZ1bNhOFgfPIdh3mnxMI4mbHvlva5TmPTEl-bJWnOSiYO78vYxE_ZsFDS-_B3o2ZsLMQUEwUHtqb5Iwntn87PhPEVQJsee/s200/shawnjohnson.jpg)
![US Womens Rowing](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKjn-VSXt94PxSlDzZebtszoVl2gsl_i7PQCn1GsNjEyia7Qhnm4s-Ztj8DxiHlEPsPv05iPyEIQkDprpKjcFK0Ux4poj7dIo2aNid5lX097L9wRhyFOllVldf1PAQ7dMAJoBZywVIf73v/s200/rowing.jpg)
Sailing - In a race that was marked by lead changes and a nail biting finish, Laser Radial sailor Anna Tunnicliffe showed her true grit after a slight wind shift propelled her from the back of the fleet to a gold medal.
![US Womens Soccer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggXXQvIF6QQEhVmKGLYVIZ0jZZSGfqVilBwuVVagZF_Olc4nTZa1r7iobVdMc9ECNA9AwgYiAl4pUGuM4S-V1z5HpiWvjFi1XLoFcce3Xqb_C-aJRKD-hdkYKSMJQ_HcDtt94zT70E15gd/s200/soccer.jpg)
Softball - U.S. women are expected to beat either Canada or Australia for a fifth consecutive gold medal. The U.S. has outscored its opponents 53-1.
Swimming - Rebecca Soni set a world record in the 200m breaststroke.
Tennis - Serena Williams and Venus Williams of the U.S. celebrate winning the gold medal over Virginia Ruano Pascual and Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain in the Women's Doubles gold medal match.
![US Womens Volleyball](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgA3hpI_nvvGNEBvhpdUMl-0-QAEdZfrxC2PVTcFbzl7CFAraQ9YWJfb25eYfNK-dIv_jwmkENEaldNBxModhI-Gjeq5yZmsodahc9idlJtV5Onj9Hzfj-GkxCgxnwjXZKvl0NMf9JX99/s200/volleyball.jpg)
Volleyball - U.S. women continue to dominate and is in the quarterfinal match against Italy, who they've upset once before this Olympics.
Water Polo - US women beat their arch-nemesis, Australia, in the Olympic semifinals and will play for gold against the Netherlands Thursday.
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2 comments:
Great post and congrats to them all. So much hard work. I was never the athletic type but I admire those that are so much!
I agree! These women are incredible.
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