World champion Adeline Gray places second in USOC Female Athlete of Month vote
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Adeline Gray, who won her second career World gold medal in women's freestyle wrestling, placed second in the U.S. Olympic Committee's voting for Female Athlete of the Month.
Gray won a gold medal at 75 kg/165 lbs. at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in women’s freestyle wrestling, held September 8-12 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was her second career World gold medal, and her fourth career World medal.
Only two other U.S. women wrestlers have won two World medals or more, Tricia Saunders with four and Kristy Davis with two.
Gray opened with an amazing come from behind win over Zhou Qian of China, 11-10. She pinned Yasemin Adar of Turkey in 4:43 in round two, then edged Hiroe Suzuki of Japan, 2-1 in the quarterfinals, an athlete who beat Gray earlier this year. In the semifinals, she stopped Epp Mae of Estonia, 5-1. Gray defeated Aline da Silva of Brazil, 2-1 in the gold-medal finals.
Top performances throughout September earned shooter Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) and archer Brady Ellison (Payson, Arizona) Athlete of the Month recognition, while the U.S. men’s basketball team received Team of the Month honors, the United States Olympic Committee announced.
Drozd (Bryan, Texas) was crowned world champion in women’s skeet at the ISSF World Shooting Championship, held Sept. 6-20 in Granada, Spain. Drozd defeated Great Britain's Elena Allen to secure the world title and an Olympic quota spot in the event for USA Shooting.
Ellison (Payson, Arizona) claimed the men’s recurve gold medal at the WAF World Cup Final, held Sept. 7 in Lausanne, Switzerland. En route to the gold medal, Ellison defeated two of the world’s top Olympic archers and became the first recurve archer in history to win three world cup final titles.
The U.S. men compiled a perfect 9-0 record to capture the gold medal at the FIBA World Cup, held Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Spain. It marked the first time the U.S. has captured back-to-back world cup titles since the event began in 1950 and just the ninth time any team has finished undefeated. Team USA won its nine games by an average of 33.0 points per game – the closest an opponent stayed with the U.S. was 21 points. As a team, the U.S. ranked first in nine separate statistical categories and finished second in three others.
Tennis player Serena Williams (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) claimed third in the female vote. On the men’s side, basketball player Kyrie Irving (West Orange, New Jersey) and canoeist Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Maryland) earned second and third place. The U.S. men’s tennis doubles pair of Bob Bryan (Sunny Isles Beach, Florida) and Mike Bryan (Wesley Chapel, Florida) finished second, while the U.S. show jumping team finished third in the team category.
Each National Governing Body may nominate one female, one male and one team per discipline. A voting panel selects the winners from the pool of nominees with online fan voting via Twitter accounting for 10 percent of the total vote.
FEMALE
1. Brandy Drozd, Shooting
2. Adeline Gray, Wrestling
3. Serena Williams, Tennis
MALE
1. Brady Ellison, Archery
2. Kyrie Irving, Basketball
3. Fabien Lefevre, Canoe/Kayak
TEAM
1. U.S. Men’s Team, Basketball
2. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Tennis
3. U.S. Show Jumping Team, Equestrian
Gray won a gold medal at 75 kg/165 lbs. at the 2014 World Wrestling Championships in women’s freestyle wrestling, held September 8-12 in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. It was her second career World gold medal, and her fourth career World medal.
Only two other U.S. women wrestlers have won two World medals or more, Tricia Saunders with four and Kristy Davis with two.
Gray opened with an amazing come from behind win over Zhou Qian of China, 11-10. She pinned Yasemin Adar of Turkey in 4:43 in round two, then edged Hiroe Suzuki of Japan, 2-1 in the quarterfinals, an athlete who beat Gray earlier this year. In the semifinals, she stopped Epp Mae of Estonia, 5-1. Gray defeated Aline da Silva of Brazil, 2-1 in the gold-medal finals.
Top performances throughout September earned shooter Brandy Drozd (Bryan, Texas) and archer Brady Ellison (Payson, Arizona) Athlete of the Month recognition, while the U.S. men’s basketball team received Team of the Month honors, the United States Olympic Committee announced.
Drozd (Bryan, Texas) was crowned world champion in women’s skeet at the ISSF World Shooting Championship, held Sept. 6-20 in Granada, Spain. Drozd defeated Great Britain's Elena Allen to secure the world title and an Olympic quota spot in the event for USA Shooting.
Ellison (Payson, Arizona) claimed the men’s recurve gold medal at the WAF World Cup Final, held Sept. 7 in Lausanne, Switzerland. En route to the gold medal, Ellison defeated two of the world’s top Olympic archers and became the first recurve archer in history to win three world cup final titles.
The U.S. men compiled a perfect 9-0 record to capture the gold medal at the FIBA World Cup, held Aug. 30-Sept. 14 in Spain. It marked the first time the U.S. has captured back-to-back world cup titles since the event began in 1950 and just the ninth time any team has finished undefeated. Team USA won its nine games by an average of 33.0 points per game – the closest an opponent stayed with the U.S. was 21 points. As a team, the U.S. ranked first in nine separate statistical categories and finished second in three others.
Tennis player Serena Williams (Palm Beach Gardens, Florida) claimed third in the female vote. On the men’s side, basketball player Kyrie Irving (West Orange, New Jersey) and canoeist Fabien Lefevre (Bethesda, Maryland) earned second and third place. The U.S. men’s tennis doubles pair of Bob Bryan (Sunny Isles Beach, Florida) and Mike Bryan (Wesley Chapel, Florida) finished second, while the U.S. show jumping team finished third in the team category.
Each National Governing Body may nominate one female, one male and one team per discipline. A voting panel selects the winners from the pool of nominees with online fan voting via Twitter accounting for 10 percent of the total vote.
FEMALE
1. Brandy Drozd, Shooting
2. Adeline Gray, Wrestling
3. Serena Williams, Tennis
MALE
1. Brady Ellison, Archery
2. Kyrie Irving, Basketball
3. Fabien Lefevre, Canoe/Kayak
TEAM
1. U.S. Men’s Team, Basketball
2. Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, Tennis
3. U.S. Show Jumping Team, Equestrian
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