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Games wrap-up: Eye-opener for host country
Pan Am wrap-up: The Pan American Games shined through disorganization, last-minute scrambling to complete venues, concession stands and walkways, and even downpours and power outages.
Torch passes from Dominican Republic to Brazil
The Pan American Games came to an end Sunday night amid tributes to the Dominican Republic's success in pulling off the biggest event in its history. Veteran archer Glenn Meyers carried the U.S. flag.
Crowding problems plague arena Saturday
Police sprayed a chemical substance Saturday night, dispersing thousands of fans waiting outside the already-packed volleyball arena before the Pan American Games gold medal game between Cuba and the Dominican Republic.
Raab floats like a butterfly; U.S. swimmers cruise
Michael Raab, of Rockville, Md., won the 200-meter butterfly in a personal-best 1 minute, 57.33 seconds, one of four victories by the U.S. swimming team at the Pan Am games Friday.
Cuba overpowers USA in women's volleyball
Cuba swept the United
States in the Pan American Games semifinals of women's volleyball,
using a powerful attack the Americans could not match.
Argentina denies U.S. gold in field hockey
Pan American Games gold
eluded the United States in two team sports Wednesday night, with a
trip to the Olympics also slipping away in field hockey.
Cuba beats U.S. to capture baseball gold
Ariel Pestano drove in the go-ahead run in the seventh inning and the Cubans won their ninth straight baseball gold
medal, 3-1 over the United States.
U.S. sprinter loses gold after positive test
U.S. sprinter Mickey Grimes tested positive for ephedrine and will be stripped of the individual gold medal he won at the Pan American Games.
Brazil, Argentina to meet for soccer gold
A wild day of soccer at
the Pan American Games led to the expected final matchup of Brazil
vs. Argentina.
Surprise! U.S. men win team handball bronze
Swimming medals are expected from Americans. Team handball medals are not. The United States got some of both Monday at the Pan Am Games.
U.S. sweeps both water polo events
Both U.S. water polo teams took gold and qualified for the Olympics.
U.S. edges Mexico to reach gold-medal game
For the second straight
Pan American Games, the U.S. baseball team reached the gold medal
game with a dramatic win over Mexico.
Surinam's Vriesde stripped of gold medal
Letitia Vriesde of
Surinam, gold medalist in the women's 800-meter run and a former
Olympian, failed a doping test at the Pan American Games.
Close but no... U.S. loses to Cuba, wins silver
The Cuban women's basketball team beat the United States for the fifth straight time Saturday, defeating the poor-shooting Americans 75-64 for the gold medal at the Pan American Games.
Brazil's hoops protest rejected
On Saturday, the Pan American basketball confederation rejected Brazil's protest of its semifinal loss Friday to the United States.
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| Day by Day |
| Saturday, Aug. 2 |
| Sisters Sada and Emily Jacobson win gold, bronze |
| Sunday, Aug. 3 |
| Olympic champ Rulon Gardner falls |
| Monday, Aug. 4 |
| U.S. basketball teams rock |
| Tuesday, Aug. 5 |
| Mexico upsets Cuba in baseball |
| Wednesday, Aug. 6 |
| Finch, U.S. edge Canada in softball |
| Thursday, Aug. 7 |
| Matching perfect games by U.S. men, women |
| Friday, Aug. 8 |
| U.S. women get controversial hoops semifinal win |
| Saturday, Aug. 9 |
| Cubans, Americans blank baseball foes |
| Sunday, Aug. 10 |
| U.S. women's field hockey makes finals |
| Monday, Aug. 11 |
| 13-year-old loses in badminton quarterfinals |
| Tuesday, Aug. 12 |
| Cuba's Lopez captures cycling gold |
| Wednesday, Aug. 13 |
| Featherweight Garcia makes boxing final |
| Thursday, Aug. 14 |
| U.S. equestrians snare show jumping event |
| Friday, Aug. 15 |
| Wunderle sets games record in archery |
| Saturday, Aug. 16 |
| More gold medals for American swimmers |
| Sunday, Aug. 17 |
| Uruguayan cyclist wins final gold medal |
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