Cedric Kauffmann was a long shot to compete in this week's United States Open qualifying.
Olinger, 34, also cited the act in his suit for use of a golf cart during Open qualifying.
Arcangioli had received two previous French Open qualifying wild cards (when she was outside the top 400), and lost in the first round both times.
Ford Olinger, who has a degenerative hip condition, unsuccessfully sued the United States Golf Association for the right to use a cart in Open qualifying.
But Gibbs made it into the Australian Open qualifying draw, and by winning her first qualifying match against Yurika Sema of Japan she was able to earn $6,560 in prize money, enough to cover her expenses for the entire trip — which is as much as she would have been able to do without turning professional.
Fortunately, she had competed in a couple of competitions in the -78kg category to gain more experience, with victory at the British Open qualifying her for London 2012.
The Americans opened qualifying July 16 with a 1-1 tie at Guatemala, allowing a goal in the final minutes.
Notes The United States men's Olympic team, which is training in Bradenton, Fla., opens qualifying for a spot in the Beijing Games with a match against Cuba next Tuesday in Tampa, Fla.
He'll get a chance to see Thursday how well that education process is going when the U.S. opens qualifying play for next summer's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
The U.S., ranked No. 1 in the world, opens qualifying in the two-group, eight-nation tournagainstgainsTrinidadad & Tobago on Oct. 15 in Kansas City, Kan.
