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2008 Summer Olympics
Olympic Soldiers visit President Bush, first lady at White House
Date Posted: 10/10/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
WASHINGTON – Ten Soldiers from the U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program and U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit visited the White House on Oct. 7.
They were among more than 500 members of the 2008 U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Teams who thanked President Bush and first lady Laura for their support of the Olympic movement throughout the Beijing Games
The president, in turn, thanked the athletes for their inspirational performances...read more
Athens silver medalist Anti finishes ninth in rifle prone at Beijing Games
Date Posted: 8/19/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – In his fourth and possibly final Olympics, U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Maj. Michael Anti just missed making the final and finished ninth in the 50-meter rifle prone event Aug. 15 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall...read more
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Air Force Captain Finishes 23rd in Olympic Modern Pentathlon
By Tim Hipps
Special to American Forces Press Service
U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program Capt. Eli Bremer swims to a seventh-place finish in the 200-meter freestyle portion of the Olympic men's modern pentathlon with a time of 2 minutes, 2.80 seconds Aug. 21 in Beijing. Bremer, 30, of Colorado Springs, Colo., eventually finished 23rd in the five-sports-in-one-day event that includes pistol shooting, fencing, swimming, equestrian riding and cross-country running.
Photo by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs
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Army WCAP coach Johnson survives another Matt Emmons moment in Beijing
Date Posted: 8/18/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – “He did it again!” someone shouted from the grandstand the instant Team USA’s Matt Emmons plummeted from surefire gold to fourth place with a shocking 4.4 on his final shot in the Olympic 50-meter rifle 3 positions event on Sunday...read more
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USAMU shotgun shooter Hancock wins Olympic gold medal in skeet
Date Posted: 8/18/2008
Story and Photos by Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit shotgun shooter Pfc. Vincent Hancock set two Olympic records and prevailed in a four-target shoot-off against Norway’s Tore Brovold to win the gold medal in men’s skeet Saturday on the Beijing Shooting Range...read more
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Byers loses in Olympic Greco-Roman quarterfinals, vows to wrestle for medal in London
Date Posted: 8/14/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – After being eliminated Thursday from the quarterfinals of the Olympic Greco-Roman 120-kilogram wrestling tournament, U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers vowed to continue his quest for the Olympic medal at the 2012 London Games.
“Today, I was supposed to be getting a medal for my grandfather,” Byers said. “I guarantee if he was still alive, I would call him and tell him what happened today and he would probably say, ‘Well, I won my bowling tournament,’ whether he did it or not...read more
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Callahan becomes oldest U.S. female competitor in Olympic history
Date Posted: 8/13/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – At age 56, U.S. Army Reserve Staff Sgt. Elizabeth “Libby” Callahan became the oldest U.S. female competitor in Olympic history with a 25th-place finish in the women’s 25-meter pistol shooting event Aug. 13 at the Beijing Shooting Range Hall.
“I've been told oldest ever female Olympian of any nation, of all time,” Callahan said. “But I don’t know if that’s right.”...read more
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Eller sets two Olympic records en route to double trap gold
Date Posted: 8/13/2008
Story and Photos by Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Spc. Walton Glenn Eller III set two Olympic records en route to winning a gold medal in double trap at the Beijing Shooting Range on Aug. 12. USAMU teammate Spc. Jeffrey Holguin finished fourth in the event.
Eller’s score of 145 in the qualification rounds eclipsed the previous Olympic record of 144 set in the 2004 Athens Games by United Arab Emirates’ shooter Ahmed Almaktoum, who finished seventh in Beijing...read more
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Retired Army marksman Erickson finishes 21st in Olympic trap
Date Posted: 8/12/2008
By Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – It rained on what might have been four-time Olympian Bret Erickson’s final appearance on the world’s grandest shotgun shooting stage, literally and figuratively.
Former U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Sgt. 1st Class (ret.) Erickson competed in the Barcelona, Atlanta and Athens Olympic games, but finished in a four-way tie for 21st place in the trap event in Beijing Aug. 10.
“This year, truthfully, I absolutely 100 percent believed was my year,” said Erickson, 47, a native of Bennington, Neb., who lives in Muenster, Texas. “I was ahead of schedule all year long. I was going into World Cup events with the goal of just making the finals, and not only made the finals, but won a (World Cup) bronze here in April and a silver in Germany last month...read more
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Olympic Opening Ceremony celebrates ‘One World, One Dream’
Date Posted: 8/12/2008
Photos and Story by Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
BEIJING – The elaborate Opening Ceremony of the Games of the XXIX Olympiad featured a display of China’s long and distinguished history and culture intertwined with the “One World, One Dream” theme of the 2008 Summer Olympics.
“Beijing, you are host to the present and the gateway to the future,” International Olympic Committee President Jacques Rogge proclaimed before a sellout crowd of 91,000 at National Stadium on Aug. 8. “Thank you.” ...read more
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Sixteen Soldiers set to bolster Team USA at Olympic Games
Date Posted: 8/4/2008
Story and photos by Tim Hipps
FMWRC Public Affairs
ALEXANDRIA, Va. – Sixteen members of the U.S. Army Family will compete, coach or serve as training partners for Team USA at the 29th Olympic Games Aug. 8-24 in Beijing.
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program teammates Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers (right) and Spc. Timothy Taylor square off in the Greco-Roman 264.5-pound finals of the 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas. Byers won the best-of-three series and will wrestle for Team USA in the Olympic Games on Aug. 14 in Beijing. Taylor will accompany Byers to China and serve as his training partner.
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Greco-Roman heavyweight wrestler Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers will compete in the 264.5-pound weight class on Aug. 14.
Byers, a world champion in 2002, will be accompanied in China by WCAP teammate and training partner Spc. Timothy Taylor, who Byers defeated in a best-of-three finale at the U.S. Olympic Team Trials for Wrestling in Las Vegas. They train together at Fort Carson, Colo., home of the WCAP wrestling and boxing teams...read more
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Military Athletes & Coaches on 2008 U.S. Olympic Team
(Compiled by Tim Hipps, FMWRC Public Affairs)
U.S. Army World Class Athlete Program Soldiers
WCAP Staff Sgt. Dremiel Byers, Greco-Roman wrestling heavyweight
WCAP Maj. Michael Anti, air rifle
WCAP Staff Sgt. Keith Sanderson, rapid fire pistol
WCAP Maj. David Johnson, rifle coach
WCAP Staff Sgt. (ret.) Basheer Abdullah, boxing technical advisor
WCAP Staff Sgt. Christopher Downs, boxing training partner (will not compete)
WCAP Spc. Cody Nagengast, epee team fencing training partner (will not compete)
WCAP Spc. Tim Taylor, Greco-Roman wrestling training partner (will not compete)
U.S. Army Marksmanship Unit Soldiers
USAMU Spc. Walton Glenn Eller III, double trap
USAMU Spc. Jeffrey Holguin, double trap
USAMU Pfc. Vincent Hancock, skeet
USAMU Sgt. 1st Class Jason Parker, air rifle
USAMU Sgt. 1st Class Daryl Szarenski, free pistol
U.S. Army Reserves
Army Reservist Libby Callahan, pistol shooting
United States Military Academy at West Point
Cadet Stephen Scherer, air rifle
USAMU Retired
Sgt. 1st Class (ret.) Bret E. Erickson, trap
U.S. Air Force World Class Athlete Program
Capt. Eli Bremer, modern pentathlon
Capt. Seth Kelsey, epee fencing
Capt. Kevin Eastler, 20-kilometer race walk
Lt. Col. Dominic Grazioli, trap
U.S. Military coaches
Army WCAP Maj. David Johnson, rifle coach
Air Force Master Sgt. (ret.) Richard Estrella, Greco-Roman wrestling
Marine Corps Maj. Jay Antonelli, Greco-Roman wrestling
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