Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - USA Volleyball had a dominant week on the international circuit as they went 5-0 at the World Grand Prix. In the process, they knocked off defending World Champion China.

The inaugural Youth Olympic Games also came to a close last week after nearly two weeks of competition that featured the top youth athletes from across the globe.

Track and Field star Bernard Lagat continued his impressive 2010 campaign as he set an American record in the 3,000m in Italy on Saturday, while triathletes Sarah Haskins and Mark Fretta picked up titles in Chicago.

The USA Men's Basketball World Champion- ship team began their march towards gold as well over the weekend as they began play in the FIBA World Championships in Turkey. The team is seeking to improve on its 2006 bronze- medal performance. Team USA last won gold in 1994.

ARCHERY: U.S. Men Continue Winning Streak

Despite weather conditions that at times reached the level of tor- rential downpour, the team of U.S. Olympians Brady Ellison (Chu- la Vista, Calif.) and Vic Wunderle (Charlotte, N.C.) as well as USA Archery Resident Athlete Jake Kaminski (Chula Vista, Calif.) set out to win and never looked back, claiming the team gold medal at the Korea Business Archery Tournament Championship.

The team continued their winning streak that started earlier this month at Archery World Cup Stage 3 in Ogden, Utah. The team set a new national record for the round scoring a 226 to the opposing team's 221, besting four Korean professional teams in their medal quest.

Serving as the Korean Professional Teams Championships, the event was host to 12 South Korean men's teams and 15 women's teams; the United States fielded the only non-Korean team at the event. Normally a Korean team selection event, this is the first time the event has been open to international participation.

BASKETBALL: Slovenia No Match For USA Men's World Championship Team

In a game of offensive surges, the USA (2-0) had several more than Slovenia (1-1) and behind a game best 22 points from Kevin Durant (Oklahoma City Thunder) the USA rolled to a 99-77 victory Sunday evening at Abdi Ipekci Arena in Istanbul, Turkey. It was the second consecutive convincing victory for the Americans in as many nights.

Four U.S. players in addition to Durant finished with double digit point production. Rudy Gay (Memphis Grizzlies) tallied 16 points and nailed 3-of-6 3-pointers, Andre Iguodala (Philadelphia 76ers) and Russell Westbrook (Oklahoma City Thunder) contributed 11 points each, and Kevin Love (Minnesota Timberwolves) added a double-double of 10 points and 11 rebounds in just 13 minutes.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Jennings' and Wong's Gold Leads U.S. Medal Haul; U.S. Beach Teams Win NORCECA Silver, Bronze

The men's beach volleyball team of Casey Jennings (Las Vegas, Nev.) and Kevin Wong (Honolulu, Hawaii) won the United States' 10th SWATCH FIVB World Tour gold medal of 2010, beating eighth-seeded Brazilians Benja- min Insfran and Bruno Oscar Schmidt on Sunday at the US$380,000 Milner Open in The Hague, Netherlands.

Competing together for only the second-time on the SWATCH FIVB World Tour, the 21st-seeded Jennings and Wong scored a 21-18, 18-21, 17-15 win in 60 minutes over Benjamin and Bruno to win the season's final men's event on the 2010 international calendar and claim the $30,000 first-place prize.

It was a three-medal day for the USA, as the top-ranked team of Matt Fuerbringer (Costa Mesa, Calif.) and Nick Lucena (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) won the men's bronze medal and Angie Akers (Fort Wayne, Ind.) and Tyra Turner (Fort Meyers Beach, Fla.) took the women's bronze medal.

U.S. beach teams won the silver and bronze medals in the women's bracket and the bronze medal in the men's division on Sunday at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

U.S. beach teams won the silver and bronze medals in the women's bracket and the bronze medal in the men's division on Sunday at the NORCECA Beach Volleyball Circuit event at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista.

In the men's bronze medal match, the USA- 2 team of Seth Burnham (Santa Cruz, Calif.) and Andy McGuire (Manhattan Beach, Calif.) defeated the USA-3 team of Will Montgomery (Santa Barbara, Calif.) and Evan Barry (San Diego, Calif.), 21- 17, 21-12.

In the women's gold medal match, Yarleen Santiago and Dariam Acevedo of Puerto Rico avenged their loss in their first pool play match to the USA-5 team of Tealle Hunkus (Girard, Ohio) and Heather Lowe (Cypress, Calif.), defeating the Americans, 21-19, 18-21, 15-13.

The USA-1 team of Lynne Galli (San Diego, Calif.) and Kelly Brunning (Mesa, Ariz.) won the bronze medal with a 21-14, 21-16 victory over the USA-3 team of Michelle Moriarty (Hermosa Beach, Calif.) and Heather Hughes (Fallbrook, Calif.).

CYCLING: Gwin Takes Fourth; Koerber and Gould Also on Podium

The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Cup is officially in the books as racing wrapped up on Windham Mountain in New York's Catskills on Sunday with the men's and women's downhill contests.

Reigning U.S. national champ Aaron Gwin (Morongo Valley, Calif.) earned a spot on the overall World Cup podium in only his second year racing the World Cup circuit. His fourth-place finish in Sunday's final earned him fourth place overall in the final World Cup standings.

After recently deciding to switch her focus to downhill racing 2008 BMX Olympian Jill Kintner (Seattle, Wash.) was the fastest American woman of the day, posting a time of 3:26.10 to grab 16th place. The only other American in the women's finals, Lauren Daney (Stafford, Va.), made the 17th-place effort.

Saturday was also a good day for American women as both Willow Koerber (Durango, Colo.) and Georgia Gould (Fort Collins, Colo.) wrapped up the Mountain Bike World Cup season on the podium, in second and fourth respectively in the final overall standings.

JUDO: Harrison, Rodriguez, Mallory Bring Home Gold at USA World Cup

Nine days before she was scheduled to leave for the World Championships in Tokyo, Kayla Harrison (Wakefield, Mass.) went into the USA World Cup held in Miami, Fla., with no set expectations.

But then, [on Saturday], she got some news.

"My coach [Jimmy Pedro] told me before finals that if I won I'd be top eight and would get seeded at Worlds," she said.

Harrison entered the finals of the 78kg division against 10-time World Cup medalist Catherine Roberge (CAN) after having defeated Roberge's teammates Marylise Levesque and Amy Cotton.

Harrison dominated the match and threw Roberge for a second waza-ari score to win the match in front of a raucous crowd at the Olympic qualifier and first- ever World Cup on U.S. soil.

Harrison's gold medal was the third for Team USA who finished the event with nine overall medals and placed just behind Canada who earned four first-place finishes and won the gold-medal count. Jeanette Rodriguez (Davie, Fla.) brought home gold as well as she defeated Keum-Mai Choi (KOR) during a sudden death period. Rodriguez and Harrison were not alone in the gold run as Marti Malloy (San Jose, Calif.) defeated 2008 Olympic bronze medalist Ketleyn Quadros (BRA).

SKIING: Sigourney Leads USA Sweep in Junior Worlds

The USA made history Sunday at the 2010 FIS Freestyle Junior World Championships held in Cardrona, New Zealand as Tahoe free ride athlete Brita Sigourney (Carmel, Calif.) led a 1-2-3-4 women's sweep in the ski halfpipe event. Hannah Haupt (Sun Valley, Idaho) won silver with Devin Logan (W. Dover, Vt.) taking bronze. Walter Wood (Snowmass Village, Colo.) took silver behind men's winner Noah Bowman of Canada.

Following the week of competition in New Zealand, the USA was also awarded the Marc Hodler Cup as the top team.

TRACK & FIELD: Lagat sets 3,000m AR in Rieti

Bernard Lagat (Tuscon, Ariz.) set the American record in the men's 3,000m Saturday night at the Rieti 2010 meeting in Italy.

In a race that saw Tariku Bekele (ETH) win in a world-leading 7:28.70, Lagat finished as the runner-up crossing the line in an American record 7:29.00. The previous record of 7:30.84 was set by Bob Kennedy in 1998. Kennedy once held every American record between 3,000 and 5,000 meters, but with the recent surge in American distance running his name has been replaced by the likes of Lagat and Dathan Ritzenhein. Also in the race, 10,000m American record holder Chris Solinksy (Madison, Wis.) finished fourth in a personal best 7:34.32.Solinksy's time is the fifth-fastest ever by an American.

TRIATHLON: Fretta, Haskins Take Titles in Chicago

USA Triathlon National Team member Sarah Haskins (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Mark Fretta (Portland, Ore.) of USAT's Project 2012 program were victorious Sunday at the Chicago Triathlon.

Project 2012's Jillian Petersen (St. Louis, Mo.) and Kevin Collington (Orlando, Fla.) each finished second to give USAT's National Team Program four athletes on the podium.

Haskins covered the Olympic-distance course (1.5k swim, 40k bike, 10k run) in 2 hours, 2 minutes, 2 seconds to outdistance the field of 15 professional women by more than 3 minutes. Petersen was second in 2:05:08, and Laurel Wassner (New York, N.Y.) finished third in 2:07:36. Haskins was 18 seconds back coming out of the water but logged the day's quickest bike and run splits en route to the victory.

Fretta posted a time of 1:52:22 to edge Collington, who finished in 1:53:05, by 33 seconds. Filip Ospaly of the Czech Republic was third in 1:53:54. Cameron Dye (Boulder, Colo.) posted the day's top splits on the swim and bike, and Collington held the day's fastest run, but the consistent Fretta earned the win in a field of 23 professional men.

VOLLEYBALL: U.S. Women's National Team Wins World Grand Prix Gold Medal, Defeat Japan

Jordan Larson (Hooper, Neb.) scored a team-high 15 points to lead the U.S. Women's National Volleyball Team to a 26-24, 25- 20, 25-23 victory over Japan Sunday afternoon to secure the gold medal at the 18th FIVB World Grand Prix Final Round being played at Ningbo, China. The FIVB World Grand Prix is the premier annual international women's volleyball event.

The U.S. finished the six-team, five-day round-robin Final Round with a 5-0 record and 13 points to capture its third FIVB World Grand Prix title. The Americans, who have won 11 matches in a row, also won the event in 1995 and 2001. In addition, Team USA had not reached the tournament's medal podium since back to- back bronze finishes in 2003 and 2004. Further, the U.S. has now medalled in all three of its 2010 tournaments including a silver medal at the 26th Montreux Volley Masters and bronze at the Pan American Cup both played in June.

During the final round, the U.S. rallied from a two-set deficit to defeat Poland in five sets in the opener on Aug. 25. The Americans followed with a convincing three-set victory over Italy on Aug. 26, then a thrilling five-set victory over two-time World Grand Prix defending champion Brazil on Aug. 27. Team USA topped host China in three sets on Aug. 28.

WEEKLY SCHEDULE - August 30 - September 5

BASKETBALL: USA Basketball's Men World Championship Team will continue play this week as they take ON Iran on Wednesday, followed by Tunisia on Thursday to close group play.

CYCLING: The 2010 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships begin this week in Mont Sainte Anne, Quebec. Fifty-three athletes will represent the U.S. including reigning national champion, and winner of the 2010 USA Cycling Pro XCT, Todd Wells.

DIVING: The FINA World Junior Diving Championships are set to begin September 1 at the Hillenbrand Aquatic Center - Kasser Family Pool on the campus of the University of Arizona. More than 30 countries will be represented by approximately 200 divers at the event which is being held in the U.S. for the first time since 1985.

GYMNASTICS: Senior Pan American Championships will begin September 2 in Guadalajara, Mexico. 2010 U.S. junior all-around champion Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif., is one of six women who will represent the United States.

MODERN PENTATHLON: Will Brady and Margaux Isaksen will represent the U.S. at the Modern Pentathlon Senior World Championships held in Chengdu, China.

TENNIS: The U.S. Open begins this week as top American's Andy Roddick, Mardy Fish, and John Isner look to become to first American to win the U.S. Open since Roddick last won the tournament in 2003.