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RIO DE JANEIRO -- Serena. Discount Saucony Shoes NZ . Simone. Solo.It shouldnt come as a surprise that some of the best-recognized names on the U.S. Olympic team belong to women. The Americans brought 292 women to Rio de Janeiro, an Olympic record for a single country. Their first gold medal of the games -- won Saturday by a woman, of course: Ginny Thrasher in shooting. Reporters from The Associated Press predicted the United States would capture 128 medals -- 69 by women and 59 by men.Among those winners could be:-Serena Williams, who already has four gold medals and could win two more -- one in singles and another in doubles, along with her sister, Venus.-Simone Biles, who has a legitimate chance to pull in a record five gold medals from gymnastics.-Hope Solo, the goalkeeper for the soccer team, which is trying for its fourth straight Olympic gold medal.-Katie Ledecky, a medal contender in five swimming events.This is the second straight Summer Games in which women have outnumbered men on Team USA. But when the number reached 292 for this Olympics, the Americans had a record. It was three more than China entered into the Beijing Games eight years ago.Its a surge that has peaked this decade, now 44 years since the passage of Title IX, the law that opened doors for women in college sports around the country. Many competing in the Olympics are either in, or about to become part of, the third generation of women to compete at the college level since the law was passed.We got a great head start in the U.S. because of the support they had in their schools and their colleges growing up, said Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee. You look at 10, 15 years after the passage of Title IX, how great an impact that started having. You combine it with the collegiate structure we have and that helps define the success.No womens sport has become more high profile than basketball since Title IX. The U.S. has won six of seven gold medals since 1984 -- about the time the true impact of the law started being felt. Another win this year would strike a poignant note in the wake of the recent passing of Pat Summitt, the longtime Tennessee coach who pioneered the surge in womens hoops over decades.I look at the younger generation of womens basketball players and there is such a tremendous boat load of talent from, say, 10 years ago, said Geno Auriemma of UConn, who is coaching the U.S. team.He said Title IX led to the full funding of college sports across the board, which has led to the U.S. catching up in a few sports, like volleyball, and dominating in others.Weve talked about water polo, and how much weve had players before us pioneer our sport, said Maggie Steffens of the defending-champion U.S. team. Womens water polo wasnt even in the Olympics until 2000. And we had women who, in 76 and the `80s and `90s, dreamed of being in the Olympics and never got that opportunity, but made sure it happened for us. We want to make sure we do the best we can to represent those women.Womens soccer has enjoyed far more success than the mens game in the United States. The men didnt qualify for the Olympics. The women are favored to win gold for the fifth time since they were brought onto the Olympic program in 1996. On Saturday, Solo became the first goalkeeper to appear in 200 games in international play.Medal-contending women fill the U.S. roster -- young and old and in sports ranging from archery to weightlifting.At 16, hurdler Sydney McLaughlin will be the youngest to compete for the U.S. Olympic track team since 1972.At 30, Natasha Hastings is making her second Olympic appearance and could factor into the 400-meter mix, as well as the relay team. Though plenty of amazing women have run for the U.S. over the years, when Hastings looks for inspiration, she has plenty of choices. Hers happens to be a tennis player.Serena Williams is my sports female hero, Hastings said. Ive watched her and her sister play tennis since they were 12 or 13 and just change the game. What theyve done for womens sports, to me, is just amazing.---AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg contributed to this report. Saucony Shoes NZ .J. Jefferson has been charged with assaulting his girlfriend. Saucony Shoes NZ From China . No. 13-seeded John Isner and No. 21 Philipp Kohlschreiber were among six players who dropped out of the tournament on Tuesday, joining No. 12 seed Tommy Haas and two other players who withdrew on Monday. http://www.wholesalesauconynz.com/ . The Dane followed up his first European Tour title last weekend with eight birdies and just a single dropped shot on Thursday for a one-stroke advantage over South Africas Allan Versfeld and Portugals Ricardo Santos. DURHAM, N.C. -- Grayson Allens foot is feeling a little better -- and so is his shot.Allen scored 17 points to help No. 6 Duke beat William & Mary 88-67 on Wednesday night.Allen injured his right foot in last weeks loss to No. 5 Kansas, and coach Mike Krzyzewski said his star guards health is improving but hes not there yet.Not coincidentally, Allen was just 2 of 18 from 3-point range during his last three games -- the Kansas loss, and wins over Penn State and Rhode Island. He missed five of his first six long-range attempts against the Tribe before making his last two to finish 3 of 8.Its about time I made some shots, Allen said. It felt better to see the ball go in the net. The confidence in my shooting never left me. I just had to make them, and finally tonight I was able to make a few.Freshman Frank Jackson scored 19 points to help the Blue Devils (5-1) win their third straight since the Kansas loss. Duke shot 50 percent and outrebounded the Tribe 39-25.Amile Jefferson finished with 15 points and 10 rebounds, Luke Kennard had 11 points and Matt Jones scored 10 points. Duke has had five double-figure scorers in every game this season.Jack Whitman and Daniel Dixon scored 13 points each for William & Mary (2-2), which hasnt beaten a ranked team since 1977 and has never beaten one on the road.The Tribe hung around this one until the second half, but Duke shot 52 percent after the break and pushed its lead well into the 20s with an 18-7 run midway through the half sparked by two 3s by Jackson.BIG PICTUREWilliam & Mary: All the Tribe have proven so far is that they are not one of the nations Top 10 teams. No shame in losing either to Duke or to No. 10 Louisville, as they have done in the past nine days, and they made Duke work much harder than the Cardinals did when they beat them by 33.Weve played two teams we were better than, and should have won, and played two teams ... in Louisville and Duke, Top 10 teams in the country that would have taaken great performances for us to win, coach Tony Shaver said. Cheap Shoes NZ Outlet. Duke: This felt like business as usual for this group of Blue Devils, who can always seem to count on a big run to blow past an overmatched nonconference visitor. They used essentially a six-man rotation during the pre-garbage time portion of the game while cruising to their 128th straight non-ACC win at Cameron Indoor Stadium.POLL IMPLICATIONSThe Blue Devils figure to move up a spot next week and return to the top five -- thanks to IPFWs upset of No. 3 Indiana a night earlier -- and they gave no indication against the Tribe that they deserve any ranking lower than that.INJURY REPORTDukes three injured freshmen -- Harry Giles, Marques Bolden and Jayson Tatum -- seem to be getting closer to playing. They have still yet to check into a game, but for the first time they were in uniform, and Giles and Bolden even took part in warmups. Those three were a big reason why the Blue Devils were picked No. 1 in the preseason.In the transition from serious injury, its not just physical, its mental, psychological, Krzyzewski said. I just think, to put on your uniform, to do warmups as much as you can, to be more a part of a team is something, we want to transition to that. There is a light at the end of the tunnel. We just dont know how long the tunnel is. Days like today help.STAT LINEKennard finished two rebounds and four assists shy of Dukes first triple-double in 10 years. Shelden Williams was the last to do it against Maryland in 2006.UP NEXTWilliam & Mary: The Tribe return home to play host to Liberty on Saturday.Duke: The Blue Devils play host to Appalachian State on Saturday before welcoming in No. 24 Michigan State next week for the ACC/Big Ten Challenge.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '

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