Under the coaching of “Jenny” Lang Ping the Iron Hammer, the USA women’s volleyball team picked up its first Olympic medal since a bronze in 1992. Brazil was dominant throughout the tournament. The only set Brazil lost was is the final match against the USA. Brazil won 25-15, 18-25, 25-13, 25-21 on Saturday.

Logan Tom led all players with 124 scores (96 spikes, 19 blocks, 9 serves). Robyn Ah Mow-Santos ranked 6th for Setters with 122 running sets and 394 still sets. Although Lindsey Berg is not a starter, she played a key role in the quarterfinals against Italy with her serves leading 8-0 and 5-0 runs. Lindsey also fies up the team. To change the momentum of games, one of coach “Jenny” Lang Ping’s first moves is replacing starter Robyn Ah Mow-Santos with Lindsey Berg. Learn more about Asian Americans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Women’s indoor volleyball wins silver

HAPA Bryan Clay won the Olympic decathlon on Friday, capturing gold in the two-day, 10-discipline event with 8,791 points. The half African-American, half Japanese-American was the 2005 world champion and silver medalist in the 2004 Olympics. Here’s the results of the 10 events he participated in:

100m – 10.44 seconds (rank 1)

Long Jump – 7.78 meters (rank 1)

Shot Put – 16.27 meters (rank 2)

High Jump – 1.99 meters(rank 9)

400m – 48.92 seconds(rank 3)

110m Hurdles – 13.93 seconds (rank 1)

Discus Throw – 53.79 meters (rank 1)

Pole Vault – 5.00 meters (rank 2)

Javelin Throw – 70.97 meters (rank 3)

1500m – 5:06.59 (rank 13)

Total Points – 8791

Bryan Clay joins the ranks of Bruce Jenner and Jim Thorpe as Olympic champions in the decathalon that the Americans have won 12 times in 22 Olympics, but only twice since 1976. Bryan is the first American to win gold since Dan O’Brien in 1996. Learn more about Asian Americans at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.

Bryan Clay gets gold in Men’s Decathlon