Philadelphia, PA (My Sportsbook) - As has been the norm in the U.S. Olympic family over the past several weeks, gold that previously had been hard to come by in Olympic sport is now in American hands after this past week

USA Boxing's Andrecia Wasson claimed the first women's world title for the United States with a victory in final round action on Saturday in Bridgetown, Barbados. Wasson closed her first ever World Championships with a nail biter victory Savannah Marshall of England.

Archer Brady Ellison also won his first World Cup over the weekend with a victory in Great Britain. Ellison, who recently overtook Dong- Hyun Im of Korea for the world's No. 1 ranking, defeated Im for the title.

Tara Roenicke and Summer Ross also made beach volleyball history on Sunday as they won the gold medal at the 2010 SWATCH FIVB Junior (Under-21) World Championships in Alanya, Turkey. They are the first U.S. team of either gender to medal at the FIVB Junior World Championships.

ARCHERY: U.S. Olympian Brady Ellison Claims 2010 World Cup Final Title

2008 U.S. Olympian Brady Ellison (Chandler, Ariz.) capped off the 2010 World Cup season by winning the men's individual recurve gold medal at the 2010 World Cup Final by defeating 2009 World champion Dong-Hyun Im of Korea, 6-2 in Edinburgh, Great Britain on September 19. The Americans won two medals in the men's compound as Braden Gellenthien (Woodbridge, Va.) took silver when he was edged by last year's World Cup gold medalist Sergio Pagni of Italy and Rodger Willet, Jr. (Glouchester, Va.) finished on the podium with a bronze medal.

On the women's side, Erika Anshutz (Lincoln, Neb.) found her form in the bronze-medal match where she dominated Andrea Gales of Great Britain 7-1 to win the bronze in women's compound.

BASKETBALL: USA Wraps Up Exhibition Schedule With 93-51 Rout of Senegal

The 2010 USA Basketball Women's National Team (3-1) wrapped up its exhibition schedule with a 93-51 run-away win against Senegal on September 18 in Salamanca, Spain.

While the USA forced 23 turnovers, dished out 22 assists and outrebounded Senegal 48-23, all 13 U.S. players scored, including six in double figures.

Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury) led the way with 14 points on 6-of-7 shooting from the field, along with five assists. The U.S.

will get one final warm-up before the start of the 2010 FIBA World Championship when it faces host Czech Republic in a scrimmage in Brno on September 20 before competition starts September 23.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL: Roenicke, Ross Win Historic Gold Medal

The U.S. women's beach team of Tara Roenicke (Alta Loma, Calif.) and Summer Ross (Carlsbad, Calif.) made history on September 19 as they won the gold medal at the 2010 SWATCH FIVB Junior (Under-21) World Championships in Alanya, Turkey.

The duo defeated Italy's Marta Menegatti and Viktoria Orsi Toth in the final match, 19-21, 26-24, 15-13 in 1 hour, 14 minutes, the longest match in the entire tournament for either gender. Roenicke and Ross are the first U.S. team of either gender to medal at the FIVB Junior World Championships. Ross also became the first athlete to win both the FIVB Youth World Championships and the FIVB Junior World Championships in the same year. (Ross won the youth title with Jane Croson of Lakewood, Calif., in July in Porto, Portugal).

BOXING: Andrecia Wasson Wins Gold at the 2010 Women's World Championships

Eighteen-year-old Andrecia Wasson (Center Line, Mich.) claimed the first women's world title in nearly a decade for the United States with a victory in final round action on September 18 in Bridgetown, Barbados.

Wasson closed out her first ever World Championships with a nail biter 5-4 victory over Savannah Marshall of England in the welterweight division. Joining her on the medal stand for the U.S. was lightweight bronze medalist Queen Underwood (Seattle, Wash.) and light welterweight bronze medalist Cashmere Jackson (Cleveland, Ohio).

CYCLING: Ben King Wins USA Cycling Professional Road Race National Championship

Benjamin King (North Garden, Va.) pulled off one of the most dramatic wins in the 25-year history of the USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship in Greenville, S.C. on September 19. The 21-year-old held an early race break to win the 115-mile Greenville Hospital System USA Cycling Professional Road Race Championship to become the first rider under the age of 23 to win the event against some of the sport's top pros.

Alex Candelario (Reno, Nev.) and Kiel Reijnen (Boulder, Colo.) outsprinted the 12-man chase group 1:34 minutes later to grab the silver and bronze medals respectively.

In the time trial, Taylor Phinney (Boulder, Colo.), son of 1991 pro road race national champion Davis Phinney and 1984 Olympic road race gold medalist Connie Carpenter, won the USA Cycling professional time trial championship national title on September 18 in dramatic fashion barely edging Levi Leipheimer (Santa Rosa, Calif.) by only 14 hundredths of a second while Bernard Vanulden (Belmont, Calif.) grabbed the bronze in 42.14.97.

DIVING: David Boudia named USA Diving Athlete of the Year

David Boudia (Noblesville, Ind./West Lafayette, Ind.) was honored as USA Diving's Athlete of the Year at the United States Aquatic Sports awards banquet Saturday night. Boudia was also selected as Athlete of the Year in 2008.

The 2008 Olympian won four national titles in 2010, highlighted by a record- setting performance on 10-meter at the AT&T National Diving Championships in August, where he became the first U.S.

diver to score more than 600 points on platform in the current scoring format. Boudia broke his own American record by more than 50 points, finishing with 605.40 points. He earned at least one 10 on each of his six dives and finished the contest with a total of 19 perfect marks. The 12-time national champion also won a silver medal on 10-meter at a FINA World Series meet in Mexico and paired with Nick McCrory for gold in synchronized 10-meter at the AT&T USA Diving Grand Prix in Fort Lauderdale.

FIGURE SKATING: Lichtman and Copely Win Gold at Junior Grand Prix

Charlotte Lichtman (Northville, Mich.) and Dean Copely (Newark, Del.) won the gold medal at the International Skating Union (ISU) Junior Grand Prix (JGP) of Figure Skating Series event last week in Graz, Austria.

Lichtman and Copely leapt out to a three-point lead after the short dance, which they skated to "Amore" and "An Evening in Roma" by Dean Martin, and clinched the gold with their Beetlejuice free dance. In the latter, they earned Level 4s on five of their seven elements and Level 3s on their two step sequences.

The gold is the first medal of any color outside of sectional competition for the duo. They placed fourth and eighth at two JGP assignments a year ago and finished eighth as juniors at the 2010 AT&T U.S. Figure Skating Championships.

In the female short program, Christina Gao (Cincinnati, Ohio) won the silver medal.

SYNCHRONIZED SWIMMING: Jones Takes Fifth in Solo at FINA World Cup

2008 Olympian Christina Jones (Fremont, Calif.) represented Team USA and finished the day in fifth place with an overall score of 90.650 in the Solo competition at the FINA World Cup at the Changshu Sports Center in Changshu, China.

In team competition, which includes Jones, the 2010 U.S. National Team placed sixth. The team also consists of: Megan Hansley (New Canaan, Conn.), Mary Killman (McKinney, Texas), Meghan Kinney (Mission Viejo, Calif.), Danielle Kramer (Santa Clara, Calif.), Michelle Moore (Tonawanda, N.Y.), Olivia Morgan (Lafayette, Calif.), Leah Pinette (Bristol, Conn.), Paige Ramsey (Playa Del Rey, Calif.), Lauren Robinson (Cincinnati, Ohio), Michelle Theriault (North Hills, Calif.), and Khadija Zanotto (Los Gatos, Calif.).

SKELETON: O'Shea and Daly Named U.S. National Skeleton Push Champions

Annie O'Shea (Port Jefferson Station, N.Y.) and John Daly (Smithtown, N.Y.) both claimed titles at the U.S. national skeleton push championships in Lake Placid, N.Y. on September 18.

O'Shea pushed start times of 5.52 and 5.55 seconds to claim the title with a combined time of 11.07 seconds, while Kimber Gabryszak (Park City, Utah) finished second with a total time of 11.46 seconds and Brooke Wagner (Twin Falls, Idaho) pushed competitive times of 6.00 and 5.85 seconds to come in third.

On the men's side, 2010 Olympian Daly pushed start times of 4.93 and 5.01 seconds for a total time of 9.94 seconds. Daly was the only athlete in the competition to push under five seconds. Rounding out the other top finishers were Luke Schulz (Davenport, N.D.) and rookie athlete Jared Clugston (Red Hill, Pa.) who came in second and third, respectively.

WEIGHTLIFTING: Burgener Places 12th at Senior Worlds

Two years after last stepping on the international platform at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Natalie Burgener (Colorado Springs, Colo.) picked up where she left off at the Senior World Championships on Monday in Antalya, Turkey.

Burgener's total of 210kg in the 63kg division was one kilogram short of her result in Beijing and earned the Olympian a 12th place overall finish.

Competing at her fourth Worlds, Burgener successfully completed five of her six attempts, missing only her third snatch to post 96kg in the snatch and 114kg in the clean and jerk.

Three other athletes placed in the top 20 with two setting new personal records. Amanda Sandoval (Cumming, Ga.) placed 15th in the 58kg division at her second Senior World Championships lifting a new personal record of 109kg in the clean and jerk while Alex Lee (Gilbert Ariz.) made his Senior World debut in the 62kg division and set a personal best in the snatch of 115kg. Kelly Rexroad (Atlanta, Ga.) placed 17th on Friday.

Weekly Preview - September 21-26

BASKETBALL: The U.S. women will look to capture the title at the 2010 FIBA World Championship that will be held Sept. 23 - Oct. 3 in Brno, Karlovy Vary and Ostrava, Czech Republic, with the gold medal winner earning a berth to the 2012 Olympic Games.

BOBSLED: The bobsled single push competition will be held on Thursday, Sept.

23, and the combinations will take place on Saturday , Sept. 25.

EQUESTRIAN: The 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games will take place Sept. 25 to Oct. 10 in Lexington, Ky., and will be the largest equestrian competition ever held on American soil. There are 101 different athletes (some nominated on more than one horse) from 22 different states nominated to represent the United States in the event's first departure from Europe.

OLYMPIC ASSEMBLY: The 2010 U.S. Olympic Assembly kicks off Thursday, Sept. 22 and runs through Saturday, Sept. 25.

TRIATHLON: Age group Nationals will take place in Tuscaloosa, Ala., on Saturday, Sept. 25 with nearly 1,300 athletes scheduled to compete including Olympians Laura Bennett (Boulder, Colo.) Sarah Haskins (Colorado Springs, Colo.) and Matt Chrabot (Colorado Springs, Colo.) Olympians Matt Reed (Boulder, Colo.) and Jarrod Shoemaker (Maynard, Mass.) are also expected to race.

VOLLEYBALL: The 2010 FIVB Men's World Championships starts Sept. 24 in Reggio Calabria, Italy.

Team USA takes the court on Sept. 25 against Mexico and on Sept. 26 against Venezuela. Team USA will square of f against Argentina Sept. 27.

WEIGHTLIFTING: The 2010 World Championships continue in Antalya, Turkey through Sept. 27. The championships are a 2012 Olympic qualifying event. 2008 Olympian Kendrick Farris (Shreveport, La.) is set to lift Sept. 23 in the men' s 85kg division.