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The latest news from the USOC - May 29

A number of U.S. Olympians finished atop the podium at the 2013 adidas Grand Prix, held May 25 in New York. Tyson Gay (Lexington, Ky.) won the 100-meter in 10.02 seconds. In just two attempts, 2012 Olympic pole vault champion Jenn Suhr cleared 4.63 meters to win the event. Against stiff competition, Janay DeLoach Soukup (Fort Collins, Colo.) set a meet record and won the long jump with a distance of 6.79 meters. In other events, Ryan Whiting (Harrisburg, Pa.) led a U.S. sweep over the top four spots in the men's shot put and Michael Tinsley (Little Rock, Ark.) won the 400 hurdles.GIBB, PATERSON CAPTURE SECOND STRAIGHT MEDAL ON FIVB WORLD TOURJake Gibb (Bountiful, Utah) and Casey Patterson (Van Nuys, Calif.) captured the silver medal at the Corrientes Grand Slam, held May 22-26 in Corrientes, Argentina. It was the second straight medal for the pair on the FIVB World Tour. The seventh-seeded duo topped third-seeded Paolo Nicolai and Daniel Lupo of Italy, 21-19, 20-22, 15-17, in the semif...

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