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US Brings Home Gold and Silver from 2007 Pan Am Games After formalizing her American citizenship in February, Natalie Grainger became the prohibitive favorite to win the individual Gold medal at the 2007 Pan Am Games in Rio. But what was not expected was the performance put in by American Julian Illingworth. True, Illingworth has become the highest ranked American male ever, at No. 52 on the PSA rankings, but with the likes of Canadian Shahier Razik seeded No. 1, there was no chance Illingworth would play for the Gold medal. Ahh, but that's why they play the game. Never say never, and Illingworth conquered Razik in the quarterfinals before going on to beat Colombia's Miguel Angel Rodriguez for the first time in his career in the semifinals. Despite having nothing left for the final, Illingworth served notice to the squash world that his four years at Yale were not going to stop him from turning heads at the professional level. And why should anyone doubt that, Illingworth did win his first round match at last year's Tournament of Champions when he shocked Australian Dan Jenson in five games after dropping the first two. For more on the Pan Am Games, see "Gold (and Silver) Mining in Rio." Click below for Squash Magazine's recent Product Reviews! July/August 2006 Product Review: Ashaway AST 550i—check out these hot new wheels from Ashaway! May 2006 Product Review: Wilson's newest nCODE sticks—three new models for 2006! April 2006: Black Knight introduces Tru-bounce squash balls & Squashlive.com releases the '05 Super Series Finals on DVD! Plus many more reviews Squash Magazine has published previously!