Mediate shoots into the lead

Rocco Mediate climbed to the top of the leaderboard in the second round of the US Open as play edged past the halfway point.
The American is on four-under after taking a two-shot lead over Eric Axley, who is just one shot in front of Davis Love III, DJ Trahan, and Australian Stuart Appleby.
Another Aussie, Robert Allenby, leads a list of nine players on even par. AMongst those are Phil Mickelson, Swedish pair Robert Karlsson and Carl Pettersson, South Africa's Ernie Els, Argentina's Andres Romero, and English duo Lee Westwood and Luke Donald.
Just outside the leading pack are Australian Adam Scott, England's Oliver Wilson, American trio Scott Verplank, Stewart Cink, Tiger Woods, and Republic of Ireland's Padraig Harrington.
England's Ian Poulter was forced to withdraw after fifteen holes due to a wrist complaint, but was well off the pace when he eventually retired.