Missing top talent hurts US team at Singapore Youth Olympics

The Associated Press
SINGAPORE — The head of the U.S. Olympic Committee on Tuesday blamed scheduling conflicts for the Americans' woeful performance in the inaugural Youth Olympics, where their gold medal tally is less than Hungary and Azerbaijan.
The U.S. team, which traditionally is a dominant force at Olympic games, has won just four gold medals in Singapore and trails far behind China which tops the medals table with 28 golds.
The talent gap was most glaring in the pool, as Chinese swimmers won 11 golds while the American team won one race. Some elite U.S. swimmers skipped the Youth Olympics and competed instead at the Pan-Pacific Championships in Irvine, Calif., on Aug 18-22. Full story

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