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US Women Win Water Polo Gold Medal, Repeating As Champions
Game time is 11:30 a.m. PT, though only the east coast gets to watch it live.
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Rita Keszthelyi led Hungary with four goals, though Barbara Bujka, the team’s unsafe center forward, managed only two goals thanks to early foul trouble and aggressive USA pressure.
United States women water polo head coach Adam Krikorian is embraced by his players as his team celebrates winning the gold medal match against Italy at the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Friday, Aug. 19, 2016.
The U.S.is averaging just over 12 goals a game.
But the USA was disqualified for a pass outside the exchange lane and the bronze went instead to Canada, something the Americans didn’t realize until they were trotting around the track draped in flags and smiles.
Lydia Ko, the No. 1 player in women’s golf, holed out from 135 yards on the 15th hole for eagle. The Rio Games is di Mario’s fourth with the Italian national team.
The world champions, who have won every major tournament they’ve contested since early in 2014, were never really troubled by Athens 2004 Olympic champions Italy. The U.S. held Hungary to six goals during the preliminary round, but star goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson, a stalwart during the first four games, wasn’t the same against Hungary’s offense-minded group.
Krikorian kicked the white buoy on poolside at one point, getting a red card for his effort. He then kicked the red buoy off the pool deck for good measure. Bolt led the Jamaicans to the top of the podium in the event in Beijing and again in London, where the team set the world and Olympic records.
On his team’s competitive nature: “We could be playing dominoes back at the apartment and they would all want to beat me and beat each other”.
“We talked about not hiding anything and being very open and honest with one another and even emotional and vulnerable at times”, he said. Leading just 5-3 at halftime, the US tightened its defense even further and converted opportunities on the counterattack to build a 9-4 lead going into the fourth period. The Aussies are the only team to be the US thus far, both by 5-4 scores within a week of each other during the last week of May and on opposite sides of the planet: Irvine, CA and Kunshan, China.
“She made their shooters hesitant because she is so imposing, and at the same time she’s so incredibly fast and grabbed a couple steals that were big for us”.
American Stacy Lewis, who began the day one shot behind, made a bogey on the easy par-5 fifth by hitting into the water, and closed out her round with a double bogey on the 18th.
“We wanted to make sure that he got the medals as well”, said captain Maggie Steffens.
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The win meant a second gold medal for returning Olympian Courtney Mathewson, who played at Canyon High and UCLA.