Aug 3, 2012
05:07 PM
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By Lindsay Hock

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Team WSF Takes London By Storm in Week One of the Olympic Games

In 2009, Kayla Harrison received a grant from the Women's Sports Foundation's Rusty Kanokogi Fund for the Advancement of U.S. Judo. Three years later in London, she became the first American to ever win Judo gold. Our financial assistance allowed Kayla to fully commit to her training, helping her become the best in the world.

Congratulations Kayla, we are so proud to be a part of your gold medal moment!

Kayla is joined on TEAM USA by 30 women who received financial assistance through the Women’s Sports Foundation’s grant programs, including:

Travel & Training grantee Christina Loukas, Diving, advanced to the Semi-Finals of the Women's 3-Meter Springboard event. She will dive Saturday for a spot in the Finals.

Rowers Julie Nichols and Kristin Hedstrom, Travel & Training grantees in 2010, advanced to the Semi-Finals of the Lightweight Double Sculls event.

Travel & Training grantees, the U.S. Women's Waterpolo Team, will enter knock-out round play on Sunday as the No. 2 seed with a prelim round record of 2-0-1.

Team WSF in London has a full second week schedule. Join our cheering squad on WomensSportsFoundation.org, Facebook and Twitter!

Special thanks to our Travel & Training partners at Gatorade who, with their generous support, helped make these Olympic dreams come true. 
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