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USA's 48 Will Be Biggest Team in SopotPublished by the IAAF on February 26, 2014 In Istanbul two years ago, the US team dominated the medals table with 10 golds and twice as many medals than any other nation. At this year’s IAAF World Indoor Championships in Sopot, they will once again be the nation to beat. Excluding reserves (of which there are 16), the US will be represented by 48 athletes in Sopot, making them the largest team in the Polish city. Of their nine individual reigning champions, three of them will defend their titles in Sopot – Ashton Eaton in the heptathlon, Ryan Whiting in the shot and Bernard Lagat in the 3000m. The heptathlon in Sopot will be Eaton’s sole combined events competition of 2014 as he is taking a break from the decathlon this summer. He will be targeting his own world indoor record of 6645 set two years ago in Istanbul. US team for Sopot (reserves in parentheses): Men Women
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