President Barack Obama's former constituency has put the finishing touches on a 560-page book that the grandson of Jesse Owens -- the first African-American to win four Olympic gold medals in track and field -- will hand deliver to the International Olympics Committee in Switzerland.
Suhr's pole-vaulting win was the second gold medal the U.S. track-and-field team has secured during three full days of athletics competitions, following Sanya Richards-Ross winning the women's 400-meter race on Sunday night.
But he adds that a breakthrough in this field would clearly be gold-medal material.
It's a much smaller group but all three of the track and field gold medallists were state school-educated.
The Netherlands defeated world champion Argentina 2-0 to earn gold in Friday night's women's field hockey final, shortly after Great Britain topped New Zealand 3-1 to earn the bronze.
ATHENS, Greece -- Sweden won three gold medals in track and field events in 24 hours as Stefan Holm took the gold in the high jump and Christian Olsson triumphed in the triple jump.
The U.S. track team, which has been struggling to improve its track-and-field fortunes, grabbed its second gold of the games as Jennifer Suhr won the women's pole vaulting competition. (Cuba's Yarisley Silva got silver.) Overall, it was the U.S.'s 29th gold, two short of China for the lead.
Meanwhile, The Netherlands defeated China 2-0 to win the gold in women's field hockey .
Her lifetime ambition is to follow in the footsteps of the North African nation's legendary middle-distance track and field athletes and win Olympic gold.
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Phillips then showed why he's a three-time Gold Glove winner in the fifth, making a long run into center field for a basket catch with his back to the plate.
Tony Gwynn, meanwhile: a five-time batting champion, had a batting average - career batting average of, I think, 338, five gold gloves and right field for the San Diego Padres.
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