United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

United States at the
2018 Summer Youth Olympics
United States at the; 2018 Summer Youth Olympics
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
Website	https://www.teamusa.com
in Buenos Aires, Argentina; 6 – 18 October 2018
Competitors	86 in 22 sports
Flag bearers	Alex Cleary (opening); Grace Stark (closing)
Medals; Ranked 8th	Gold 6 Silver 5 Bronze 7 Total 18
Summer Youth Olympics appearances (overview)
	2010; 2014; 2018;

The United States participated at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics in Buenos Aires, Argentina from 6 October to 18 October 2018.

Medalists

Archery

The United States qualified two archers based on its performance at the 2017 World Archery Youth Championships.^[1]^[2]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Trenton Cowles	Boys' Individual	665	15	de Carvalho Almeida (BRA) W 6–0	Tang (TPE) W 7–1	Shabani (IRI) W 6–0	Ovchynnikov (UKR) W 6–0	Akash (IND) W 6–0
Catalina Gnoriega	Girls' Individual	642	14	Bassi (CHI) W 6–5	Himani (IND) W 6–4	Canales (ESP) L 3–7	Did not advance		5

Team

Athletes	Event	Ranking round		Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athletes	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Trenton Cowles (USA) Quinn Reddig (NAM)	Mixed team	1299	18	Voropayeva (KAZ) Benítez (PAR) W 6–0	Vázquez Cadena (MEX) Mustafin (KAZ) W 6–2	Kang (PRK) Vaca Cordero (MEX) W 6–2	Touraine-Helias (FRA) Solera (ESP) L 3–5	Jones (NZL) Tang (TPE) W 5–3
Catalina Gnoriega (USA) Hazael Jesus Rodríguez Valero (CUB)	Mixed team	1302	7	Kang (PRK) Vaca Cordero (MEX) L 0–6	Did not advance				17

Athletics

Badminton

The United States qualified one player based on the Badminton Junior World Rankings.^[3]

Singles

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Jennie Gai	Girls' Singles	Saponara Rivva (PER) W (21–10, 21–7)	Vaishnavi Reddy (IND) W (21–18, 23–21)	Andreu (ESP) W (21–10, 22–20)	1Q	Hooi (SGP) L (16–21, 18–21)	Did not advance		5

Team

Athlete	Event	Group stage				Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Team Alpha Jennie Gai (USA) Lakshya Sen (IND) Giovanni Toti (ITA) Vannthoun Vath (CAM) Brian Yang (CAN) Hasini Nusaka Ambalangodage (SRI) Maria Delcheva (BUL) Ashwathi Pillai (SWE)	Mixed Teams	Epsilon (MIX) W (110–98)	Delta (MIX) L (99–110)	Zeta (MIX) W (110–103)	2 Q	Gamma (MIX) W (110–94)	Theta (MIX) W (110–90)	Omega (MIX) W (110–106)

Basketball

The United States qualified a girls' team based on its performance at the 2017 FIBA 3x3 U18 World Cup.^[4] The United States later qualified a boys' team based on the U18 3x3 National Federation Ranking.^[5]

Boys' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes
Girls' tournament - 1 team of 4 athletes

Event	Group stage					Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Boys' tournament	Estonia L 14–21	Russia L 16–18	Mongolia W 21–19	Argentina W 21–18	4	Did not advance
Girls' tournament	Venezuela W 21–9	Sri Lanka W 21–8	Egypt W 21–4	Ukraine W 21–9	1	Netherlands W 18–14	China W 21–9	France W 18–4

Shoot-out contest

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Total	Rank
Paige Bueckers	Shoot-out contest	7	4	8	4
Samantha Brunelle	Shoot-out contest	5	7	Did not advance

Skills Competition

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Carson McCorkle	Boys' Dunk Contest	50	2	47	4

Beach volleyball

The United States qualified a girls' team based on their performance at the 2018 Central Zone U19 Championship.^[6]

Girls' tournament - 1 team of 2 athletes

Athletes	Event	Preliminary round		Round of 24	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Devon Newberry Lindsey Sparks	Girls'	Baumann–Betschart (SUI) W 2–0 Tiaan–Lauren (AUS) W 2–0 Churin–Villar (ARG) W 2–0	1	Bye	Allcca–Mendoza (PER) W 2–0	Álvarez M.–Moreno (ESP) W 2–1	Scampoli–Bertozzi (ITA) L 0–2	Olimstad–Berntsen (NOR) L 1–2	4
Timothy Brewster John Schwengel	Boys' tournament	Bintang–Danang (INA) L 0-2 Gabo–Osório (VEN) W 2-0 Railbiently–Brian (ARU) W 2-0	2	João Pedro–Gabriel (BRA) W 2-0	Gysin–Broch (SUI) W 2-0	de Groot–Immers (NED) L	Did not advance

Boxing

Boys

Athlete	Event	Preliminary R1	Preliminary R2	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Otha Jones III	-64 kg	Azim (GBR) L 1–4	Popov (RUS) L 2-3	Did not advance	Maliqi (KOS) NC	5

Girls

Athlete	Event	Preliminaries	Semifinals	Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Heaven Destiny Garcia	-51 kg	Abdraimova (KAZ) W 3–2	La Piana (ITA) L 4–1	Stoeva (BUL) W 5–0
Roma Martinez	-57 kg	Rooney (IRL) L 0–5	Did not advance		5

Canoeing

The United States qualified three boats based on its performance at the 2018 World Qualification Event.^[7]

Boys' K1 - 1 boat
Girls' C1 - 1 boat
Girls' K1 - 1 boat

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Repechage		Last 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Robert Healy	Boys' K1 sprint	2:09.24	15	2:09.11	10	—	Did not advance
Robert Healy	Boys' K1 slalom	1:17.00	7	1:19.15	6	—	Did not advance
Zoe Hein	Girls' C1 sprint	2:44.14	12	2:34.27	2	Guzmán (MEX) L 2:38.67	Did not advance
Zoe Hein	Girls' C1 slalom	1:36.98	8	Bye		Amusar (NGR) W 1:35.47	Lewandowski (GER) L 1:40.43	Did not advance
Ria Spibar	Girls' K1 sprint	2:16.09	18	DNF	12	Did not advance
Ria Spibar	Girls' K1 slalom	1:22.76	5	Bye		Sukhanova (KAZ) W 1:20.44	Tzu-hsuan (TPE) L 1:21.19	Did not advance

Diving

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jack Matthews	Boys' 3m springboard	475.15	12	501.15	9
Jack Matthews	Boys' 10m platform	387.60	12	438.25	10
Bridget O'Neil	Girls' 3 m springboard	414.60	5	439.60
Bridget O'Neil (USA) Jack Matthews (USA)	Mixed team	—		263.70	13

Equestrian

The United States qualified a rider based on its performance at the FEI North American Junior Championships.^[8]

Individual Jumping - 1 athlete

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Total		Jump off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank	Penalties	Rank	Penalties	Total	Rank
Mattie Hatcher	Santa Rosa Valery	Individual Jumping	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	8	8	4
North America Nicole Meyer Robredo (MEX) Mateo Philippe Coles (HAI) Marissa del Pilar Thompson (PAN) Pedro Espinosa (HON) Mattie Hatcher (USA)	El Capricho Champion Quid Du Plessis Canal Del Bajo Kithira Llavaneras Genquina Santa Rosa Valery	Team Jumping	4 # 0 0 0 0 #	0	4 # 0 0 4 # 0	0	0	4 # 0 # 0 0 0	0	38.07 # 34.55 # 34.07 32.16 31.66	97.89

Fencing

The United States qualified six athletes based on its performance at the 2018 Cadet World Championship.^[9]

Boys' Épée - Isaac Herbst
Boys' Foil - Kenji Bravo
Boys' Sabre - Robert Vidovszky
Girls' Épée - Emily Vermeule
Girls' Foil - May Tieu
Girls' Sabre - Alexis Anglade

Golf

Individual

Athlete	Event	Round 1		Round 2			Round 3			Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Lucy Li	Girls' Individual	78 (+8)	18	70 (0)	148	2	73 (+3)	221	7	211	+11	8
Akshay Bhatia	Boys' Individual	69 (-1)	1	69 (-1)	138	3	70 (0)	208	4	206	-2

Team

Athletes	Event	Round 1 (Fourball)		Round 2 (Foursome)		Round 3 (Individual Stroke)				Total
Athletes	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Girl	Boy	Total	Rank	Score	Par	Rank
Lucy Li Akshay Bhatia	Mixed team	62 (-8)	3	70 (0)	3	71	66	137 (-3)	1	269	-11

Gymnastics

Artistic

The United States qualified two gymnasts based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.^[10]

Boys' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota
Girls' artistic individual all-around - 1 quota

Rhythmic

The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.^[10]

Girls' rhythmic individual all-around - 1 quota

Trampoline

The United States qualified one gymnast based on its performance at the 2018 American Junior Championship.^[10]

Girls' trampoline - 1 quota

Roller speed skating

The United States qualified two roller skaters based on its performance at the 2018 Roller Speed Skating World Championship.^[11]

Boys' combined speed event - Sabien Tinson
Girls' combined speed event - Corinne Stoddard

Rowing

The United States qualified two boats based on its performance at the 2017 World Junior Rowing Championships.^[12]

Boys' single sculls - 1 athlete
Girls' pair – 2 athletes

Rugby sevens

The United States qualified a boys' team based on its performance at the 2018 Americas North qualification tournament, with Canada electing to send its boys' field hockey team instead based on quotas.^[13]^[14]

Roster^[15]

Tyren Al-Jiboori
Max Clark
Alex Cleary
Lauina Falatea
Jasper Green
Isaia Kruse
Sione Mahe
Zachary Neff
Uluamu Niutupuivaha
Jon Rodriguez
Inoke Waqavesi
Ben Wierenga

Group stage

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Argentina	5	5	0	0	180	38	+142	15
2	France	5	4	0	1	111	65	+46	13
3	Japan	5	2	1	2	74	103	−29	10
4	South Africa	5	2	0	3	79	84	−5	9
5	United States	5	0	2	3	67	120	−53	7
6	Samoa	5	0	1	4	48	149	−101	6

Source: Buenos Aires 2018
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Head-to-head result; 3) Point difference; 4) Points scored.

13 October 2018
13:40

United States	0–38	France
	Report	Try: Vili 1'm Trouabal 3'c Germain 5'c Louvet (2) 6'c, 8'c Dridi 12'm Con: Germain (3/4) 4', 5', 7' Bellot (1/2) 8'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Damián Schneider (Argentina)

13 October 2018
16:45

United States	24–24	Samoa
Try: Al-Jiboori (2) 0'c, 3'm Waqavesi (2) 10'c, 12'm Con: Mahe (1/2) 1' Rodriguez (1/2) 10'	Report	Try: Onosai 4'm Ionatana (2) 6'c, 7'c Tusigaigoa 7'c Con: Sepulona (2/4) 6', 7'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

14 October 2018
9:15

South Africa	19–12	United States
Try: Grobbelaar 4'c Pretorius 7'c Manyike 14'm Con: Hattingh (1/1) 4' Rose (1/2) 8'	Report	Try: Mahe 1'c Kruse 11'm Con: Mahe (1/1) 2' Rodriguez (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

14 October 2018
12:45

United States	17–17	Japan
Try: Sione 3'c Kruse 10'm Green 13'm Con: Sione (1/3) 3'	Report	Try: Konishi 4'c Nakanashi 6'm Yamada 8'm Con: Konishi (1/1) 5' Ishida (0/1) Uemura (0/1)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

15 October 2018
11:30

United States	14–22	Argentina
Try: Cleary 6'c Kruse 8'c Con: Kruse (2/2) 7', 8'	Report	Try: Vanni 3'c Pedemonte 11'm Graziano 12'm Mendy 14'm Con: Elicagaray (1/2) 4' Roger (0/2)

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Francisco González (Uruguay)

Fifth place game

15 October 2018
11:55

United States	24–14	Samoa
Try: Mahe 7'c Neff 9'c Green 12'm Rodriguez 14'm Con: Kruse (2/4) 7', 9'	Report	Try: Ionatona (2) 0'c, 5'c Con: Sepulona (2/2) 1', 6'

Club Atlético San Isidro, Buenos Aires
Referee: Nehuen Jauri Rivero (Argentina)

Sailing

The United States qualified one boat based on its performance at the North American and Caribbean Nacra 15 Qualifiers.^[16] The nation later qualified two more boats based on their performance at the North American Windsurfing Championship.^[17] An IKA Twin Tip boat was qualified through its performance at the 2018 World Championship.^[18]

Boys' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
Boys' IKA Twin Tip Racing - 1 boat
Girls' Techno 293+ - 1 boat
Mixed Nacra 15 - 1 boat

Sport climbing

The United States qualified two sport climbers based on their second-place and third-place finishes in the youth A combined event of the 2017 World Youth Sport Climbing Championships.^[19]

Girls' combined - 2 quotas (Ashima Shiraishi, Brooke Raboutou)

However neither Shiraishi nor Raboutou was included in the final list of starting athletes for the Summer Youth Olympics.^[20] The US Olympic Committee declined to allow them to participate, citing a fixed limit on the total number of athletes that it could send to all events, and a low prioritization of the climbing event based on the fact that, as a sport new to the Olympics, USA Climbing had applied for recognition by the USOC but not yet received it.^[21]

Swimming

United States qualified eight swimmers.

Table tennis

The United States qualified two table tennis players based on its performance at the North American Continental Qualifier.^[22]^[23]

Boys' singles - Kanak Jha
Girls' singles – Amy Wang

Taekwondo

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Sharif Salim	Boys' −48 kg	Bye	Mohamed Khalil Jendoubi (TUN) L 8-11	Did not advance		6
Anastasija Zolotic	Girls' 49 kg	Bye	Rim Bayaa (SWE) W 22-17	Lee Ye-ji (KOR) W 21-11	Elizaveta Ryadninskaya (RUS) L 16-17

Tennis

Singles

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Tristan Boyer	Boys' singles	Y Erel (TUR) L (3-6, 6⁹-7¹¹)	Did not advance
Drew Baird	Boys' singles	P Sydow (ARU) W (6-3, 6⁵-7⁷, 6-3)	G Soares Klier Júnior (BRA) L (6-7, 4-6)	Did not advance
Lea Ma	Girls' singles	K Rakhimova (RUS) L (6-4, 2-6, 1-6)	Did not advance
Alexa Noel	Girls' singles	D Parry (FRA) L (6⁴-7⁷, 3-6)	Did not advance

Doubles

Athletes	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final / BM
Athletes	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
Drew Baird (USA) Tristan Boyer (USA)	Boys' doubles	—	N Mejía (COL) G Soares Klier Júnior (BRA) L (3-6, 6-7)	Did not advance
L Ma (USA) A Noel (USA)	Girls' doubles	—	SȘ Cadar (ROU) L Sun (SUI) L (1-6, 4-6)	Did not advance
A Noel (USA) T Boyer (USA)	Mixed doubles	I Świątek (POL) D Michalski (POL) L (1-6, 4-6)	Did not advance
L Ma (USA) D Baird (USA)	Mixed doubles	E Cocciaretto (ITA) L Musetti (ITA) L (5-7, 2-6)	Did not advance

Triathlon

The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 2018 American Youth Olympic Games Qualifier.^[24]

Individual

Athlete	Event	Swim (750m)	Trans 1	Bike (20 km)	Trans 2	Run (5 km)	Total Time	Rank
Andrew Shellenberger	Boys	9:31	0:28	27:41	0:30	16:37	54:47	7
Maryhelen Albright	Girls	-	-	-	-	-	DNF

Relay

Athlete	Event	Total Times per Athlete (Swim 250m, Bike 6.6 km, Run 1.8 km)	Total Group Time	Rank
Americas 1 Paula Vega (ECU) Cristobal Baeza Muñoz (CHI) Sofia Rodríguez Moreno (MEX) Andrew Shellenberger (USA)	Mixed Relay	22:11 (3) - - -	DNF
Americas 5 Maryhelen Albright (USA) Giannon Lisandro Eights (ARU) Naomi Espinoza Guablocho (PER) Dominic Pugliese (ISV)	Mixed Relay	22:45 (6) 23:11 (12) 25:15 (10) 24:06 (13)	1:35:17	11

Weightlifting

The United States qualified two athletes based on its performance at the 201? ??? Youth Championships.^[25]^[26]

Boy

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Jerome Anthony Smith	−69 kg	127	3	155	3	282	4

Girl

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Peyton Brown	−58 kg	85	3	106	3	186

Wrestling

Key:

VFA – Victory by Fall
VSU – Without any points scored by the opponent
VSU1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent
VPO – Without any points scored by the opponent
VPO1 – With point(s) scored by the opponent

Boys

Athlete	Event	Group stage			Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Robert Howard	Boys' freestyle −55kg	Fujita (JPN) W 13 – 2 ^VSU1	Ostapenko (UKR) W 10 – 5 ^VPO1	1 Q	Almendra (ARG) W 17 – 6 ^VSU1
Carson Taylor Manville	Boys' freestyle −65kg	Ismail (EGY) W 12 – 3 ^VPO1	Karimi (IRI) L 0 – 10 ^VSU	2 Q	Ullah (PAK) L 2 – 6 ^VPO1	4

Girls

Athlete	Event	Group stage					Final / RM	Rank
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank	Opposition Score	Rank
Emily Shilson	Girls' freestyle −43kg	Vigouroux (FRA) W 5 – 0 ^VPO	Martinez (BRA) W 10 – 0 ^VSU	Nazarova (AZE) W 12 – 2 ^VSU1	Ogunsanya (NGR) W 2 – 0 ^VFA	1 Q	Simran (IND) W 11 – 6 ^VPO1
Tiare Lynn Ikei	Girls' freestyle −49kg	Mosquera (VEN) W 12 – 2 ^VSU1	Varakina (BLR) L 0 – 6 ^VPO	Akhmedova (UZB) L 8 – 9 ^VFA	Raimova (KAZ) W 8 – 0 ^VPO	3 Q	Szenttamási (HUN) L 0 – 3 ^VPO	6

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United States at the 2018 Summer Youth Olympics

Contents

Medalists

Archery

Athletics

Badminton

Basketball

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Canoeing

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

Golf

Gymnastics

Artistic

Rhythmic

Trampoline

Roller speed skating

Rowing

Rugby sevens

Group stage

Fifth place game

Sailing

Sport climbing

Swimming

Table tennis

Taekwondo

Tennis

Triathlon

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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