Sangmoon Bae, a two-time winner on the PGA Tour, played in the Presidents Cup in 2015 before a home crowd in South Korea. Lee for the second Olympic spot that wasn't decided until the final week.īoth also know the effect of walking away from the game for up to two years.
entry, Purdue recruit Tyler Downs, a Fishers resident, was 23rd.The Tokyo Olympics might not be their last chance.īoth are young enough - Im is 23, Kim is 26 - that they could get another crack at a medal in Paris three years from now. He barely made the cut to 18 semifinalists by finishing 17th in preliminaries.
Only Dressel exceeded the two golds by Apple and Pieroni.Ĭapobianco has a chance to add another medal Tuesday on individual 3-meter. The only U.S swimmers exceeding King’s three medals were Caeleb Dressel (five golds) and Katie Ledecky (two golds, two silvers). So that is two golds each by Apple and Pieroni silvers by Michael Hixon, Andrew Capobianco and Jessica Parratto in synchronized diving, and a silver in the 200 breaststroke, silver in the medley relay and bronze in the 100 breaststroke by Lilly King. Indiana University has 10 medals in swimming and diving, although IndyStar is counting it as eight because Zach Apple and Blake Pieroni were both in the 400-meter freestyle and medley relays. More: Here are all of the Indiana athletes competing in the Tokyo Olympics In Tokyo road cycling, she was 31st in the road race and seventh in individual time trial. Great Britain clocked 4:09.022.ĭygert was on a silver-winning team at Rio. The Germans’ time was 4:07.307, so they might be invulnerable. Winner advances to the gold-medal race against Germany or fourth-seeded Italy later in the day. The United States, the reigning world champion, will be pitted against the British in a 2-vs.-3 heat Tuesday.
Jennifer Valente, Dygert, Emma White and Lily Williams had a time of 4:10.118, compared with the record of 4:10.236 set by the British at the 2016 Rio Olympics. In team pursuit qualifying Monday, the United States was faster than the previous world record but was third behind Germany and Great Britain. Jamaica, Ethiopia and Kenya will start winning more medals as track and field takes center stage.īest chances for more Indiana golds are all by women:Ĭhloe Dygert in track cycling’s team pursuit, Indianapolis’ Lynna Irby in the 1,600-meter relay (if included in the lineup), Mishawaka’s Sarah Hildebrandt in wrestling, Notre Dame’s Skylar Diggins-Smith and Jewell Lloyd in basketball and Purdue’s Annie Drews in volleyball. Indiana leads international sports powers such as Brazil (10 medals), Spain (seven), Hungary (six), Jamaica (four), South Africa (three), Ethiopia (one) and Kenya (none). The 2021 count would rank 13th in medal standings.
Read more: When each Indiana athlete is competing in the Tokyo Olympics: TV schedule and live streamĪt Rio de Janeiro, Indiana athletes won eight gold medals, four silver and seven bronze. That does not double count medals won in team events featuring more than one Hoosier. Team Indiana has a chance to match its 19-medal haul from the 2016 Olympic Games.īy late Monday, athletes connected to Indiana had combined for 13 medals at the Tokyo Olympics: four gold, four silver, five bronze.