Full U.S. Paralympic athlete roster

By Nick ZaccardiMar 3, 2014, 2:34 PM EST

The U.S. is sending 80 athletes to the Sochi Paralympics, which begin with the Opening Ceremony on Friday.

The team is billed as the largest of any nation in Sochi, with 58 men and 22 women, and up from 50 athletes in 2010.

Here’s the full U.S. roster looking to improve upon a fifth-place finish in the total medal table at the 2010 Vancouver Paralympics, where it won 13 medals:

Alpine Skiing
Lindsay Ball
Diane Barras
Stephanie Jallen
Allison Jones — seven-time Paralympian (four Winter, three Summer), seven-time medalist across Alpine skiing, cycling
Staci Mannella
Alana Nichols — five-time Paralympic medalist across Alpine skiing, wheelchair basketball
Melanie Schwartz
Kim Seevers
Laurie Stephens — four-time Paralympic medalist
Danelle Umstead — two-time 2010 Paralympic medalist
Stephani Victor — five-time Paralympic medalist
Jasmin Bambur
Mark Bathum — 2010 Paralympic silver medalist
Heath Calhoun
Tyler Carter
Chris Devlin-Young — four-time Paralympic medalist
Ralph Green
Gerald Hayden
Joel Hunt
Ian Jansing
Andrew Kurka
Stephen Lawler
Jon Lujan
Scott Meyer
Patrick Parnell
Jamie Stanton
Joe Tompkins
Rob Umstead
Tyler Walker
Cade Yamamoto

Nordic Skiing
Monica Bascio — two-time Paralympic medalist in cycling
Oksana Masters — 2012 Paralympic bronze medalist in rowing
Tatyana McFadden — 10-time Paralympic medalist in track and field
Beth Requist
Jake Adicoff
Omar Bermejo
Kevin Burton
David Chamberlain
Dan Cnossen
Travis Dodson
Sean Halsted
John Oman
Augusto Perez
Aaron Pike
Reid Pletcher
Bryan Price
Andrew Soule — 2010 Paralympic medalist
Jeremy Wagner

Sled Hockey
Tyler Carron
Steve Cash — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist, 2006 bronze medalist
Taylor Chace — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist, 2006 bronze medalist
Declan Farmer
Nikko Landeros
Jen Lee
Taylor Lipsett — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist, 2006 bronze medalist
Dan McCoy
Kevin McKee
Adam Page — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist
Josh Pauls — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist
Rico Roman
Brody Roybal
Paul Schaus
Gregory Shaw — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist
Josh Sweeney
Andy Yohe — 2010 Paralympic gold medalist, 2006 bronze medalist

Snowboarding
Cristina Albert
Heidi Jo Duce
Megan Harmon
Amy Purdy
Nicole Roundy
Tyler Burdick
Keith Gabel
Dan Monzo
Mike Shea
Evan Strong

Wheelchair Curling
Penny Greely
Meghan Lino
Jimmy Joseph
Patrick McDonald
David Palmer

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2023 French Open women’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 2, 2023, 5:56 PM EDT

At the French Open, Iga Swiatek of Poland eyes a third title at Roland Garros and a fourth Grand Slam singles crown overall.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Swiatek, the No. 1 seed from Poland, can join Serena Williams and Justine Henin as the lone women to win three or more French Opens since 2000.

Having turned 22 on Wednesday, she can become the youngest woman to win three French Opens since Monica Seles in 1992 and the youngest woman to win four Slams overall since Williams in 2002.

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But Swiatek is not as dominant as in 2022, when she went 16-0 in the spring clay season during an overall 37-match win streak.

She retired from her last pre-French Open match with a right thigh injury and said it wasn’t serious. Before that, she lost the final of another clay-court tournament to Australian Open champion Aryna Sabalenka of Belarus.

Sabalenka, the No. 2 seed, and Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan, the No. 4 seed and Wimbledon champion, are the top challengers in Paris.

No. 3 Jessica Pegula, the highest-seeded American man or woman, was eliminated in the third round.

No. 6 Coco Gauff, runner-up to Swiatek last year, is the best hope to become the first American to win a Grand Slam singles title since Sofia Kenin at the 2020 Australian Open. The 11-major drought is the longest for U.S. women since Seles won the 1996 Australian Open.

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2023 French Open men’s singles draw, scores

By OlympicTalkJun 2, 2023, 5:56 PM EDT

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The French Open men’s singles draw is missing injured 14-time champion Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2004, leaving the Coupe des Mousquetaires ripe for the taking.

The tournament airs live on NBC Sports, Peacock and Tennis Channel through championship points in Paris.

Novak Djokovic is not only bidding for a third crown at Roland Garros, but also to lift a 23rd Grand Slam singles trophy to break his tie with Nadal for the most in men’s history.

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But the No. 1 seed is Spaniard Carlos Alcaraz, who won last year’s U.S. Open to become, at 19, the youngest man to win a major since Nadal’s first French Open title in 2005.

Now Alcaraz looks to become the second-youngest man to win at Roland Garros since 1989, after Nadal of course.

Alcaraz missed the Australian Open in January due to a right leg injury, but since went 30-3 with four titles. Notably, he has not faced Djokovic this year. They could meet in the semifinals.

Russian Daniil Medvedev, the No. 2 seed, was upset in the first round by 172nd-ranked Brazilian qualifier Thiago Seyboth Wild. It marked the first time a men’s top-two seed lost in the first round of any major since 2003 Wimbledon (Ivo Karlovic d. Lleyton Hewitt).

No. 9 Taylor Fritz and No. 12 Frances Tiafoe are the highest-seeded Americans, looking to become the first U.S. man to make the French Open quarterfinals since Andre Agassi in 2003. Since then, five different American men combined to make the fourth round on eight occasions.

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