Heather Lightfoot Withrow, third-time Deaflympian, nabbed the bronze medal in women's hammer throw. Her best throw on this day was 34.85m. Less than three months ago, Heather gave birth to a future Deaflympian, her son Skyler. She had hoped to defend her title but a bronze was still great. 16-year-old Ashley Griffith won a bronze medal in the high jump (1.62m).

Patrick Southern made the best of his first Deaflympic performance. He brought home the gold in the pole vault with the height of 4.30m. He went for the world record at 15'8 1/2", just missing on his second attempt but he still walked away with the gold.

In tennis, every match is the determining factor who advances to the next round. Jim Crane lost men's singles in the first round but he will hopefully have better luck in doubles with Lee Cook. Chris Daniels won the first round for men's singles, then played against Germany for the second round and lost. Coming up, he will compete in the doubles with John Silva as his partner. Lee Cook was up against the Netherlands for singles and he lost. Silva was eliminated from the first round for men's singles too but he will pull up his sleeves for the doubles match with Daniels.

Womens' tennis had better luck. Jennifer Hume won the first round of singles and she will advance to the second round. Carol Konoski was out of the first round when she lost to Jane Read of Australia. Debra Gardner beat Carolyn McKnight of Australia and is continuing on to the second round. Audrey Bulkley smeared Maree Evans of Australia with a 6-0; 6-0 score. Konoski and Hume are heading to the quarterfinals in women's doubles, as will Bulkley and Gardner too.

Both men and women had great achievement in mixed singles. Daniels and Hume, Bulkley and Cook, Gardner and Crane all will advance to the second round then hopefully the quarterfinals.

Out of 63 female bowlers, 6 U.S. athletes participated women’s singles for the whole day on January 7th. Lindy Decker of York, Pennsylvania competed in the first squad and comfortably stayed at the top by 57 pins (190, 214, 183, 209, 210, and 179). Young Sook Cho of Korea earned a bronze medal by 2 pins away from silver medalist Benedetta Fodera of Italy. Sharon Rutherford climbed steadily up to 4th place with other two fellow U.S. teammates, Cheyenne Rogers and Debbie White, tied behind her by 7 pins. Coach Carol Moers is proud of what her team has accomplished so far, especially Decker since it is her first experience in the Deaflympic Games, and has announced that Decker and Rogers will bowl together for women’s doubles on January 9th.

Team handball was the anticipated sport of the day. USA had their opening game against Croatia, who won the gold four years ago in Rome. Bleachers were packed with loyal USA fans. The Croatian players had some pretty quick shots but USA was undeterred by Croatia's strength and scored goals of their own, keeping up a good pace with them.

Team handball comes as natural to Stefan Bergan, a seasoned Deaflympican.

By the end of the first half, the score was 20-11 in Croatia's favor. That only fired up the USA team even more. As one fan remarked, "[Croatia is] tough but USA is holding up." There were some impressive slam-ins throughout the second half but the final score was Croatia, 34 and USA 26.