GUADALAJARA, Mexico, Oct. 27–The United States, gold medalists from the 2004 and 2008 Olympics, found themselves in the position of making a last ditch effort at the Pan American Games to qualify for the London Games in 2012.
They brought the best, and so did the other nations competing for a ticket to London or the glory of being on the medals podium at the world’s largest sporting event behind only the Olympics themselves.
