{"id":7937,"date":"2016-08-19T21:19:00","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2016\/08\/19\/u-s-women-win-water-polo-gold-medal-repeating-as-champions\/"},"modified":"2016-08-19T21:19:00","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T21:19:00","slug":"u-s-women-win-water-polo-gold-medal-repeating-as-champions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/u-s-women-win-water-polo-gold-medal-repeating-as-champions\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Women Win Water Polo Gold Medal, Repeating As Champions"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Bill Chappell<\/a><\/span> <\/p>\n

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Gold medal winners on the U.S. women’s water polo team celebrate on the podium after beating Italy in Rio de Janeiro Friday. Matthias Hangst\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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The U.S. women’s water polo team dominated Italy in a 12-5 win in their gold medal match Friday to become the first women’s team to win gold at consecutive Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

It’s the most goals ever scored in a women’s water polo final, and the widest margin of victory, according to the Olympic News Service.<\/p>\n

The American team scored four goals in two different periods \u2013 the first and the third \u2013 and while Italy fought their way back to trail 5-3 at the half, the U.S. players broke the game open after the intermission. Italy scored its final goal with just seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

With the U.S. featuring strong and unselfish play on the offensive end of the pool, the Italians needed to score goals to keep up.<\/p>\n

But many of their shots failed to get past American goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson \u2013 who saved a crucial early penalty and 9 of 13 shots overall.<\/p>\n

With their second gold medal in hand, the U.S. women’s team has gone from being strong \u2014 it’s never failed to medal at the Olympics \u2014 to bidding for a dynasty. Friday’s win was the team’s 22nd straight, a streak that goes back to a loss to Italy at the world championships in 2015.<\/p>\n

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Source:: http:\/\/www.npr.org\/sections\/thetorch\/2016\/08\/19\/490683101\/u-s-women-win-water-polo-gold-medal-repeating-as-champions?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=sports<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\"Gold<\/a><\/div>\n
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Gold medal winners on the U.S. women’s water polo team celebrate on the podium after beating Italy in Rio de Janeiro Friday. Matthias Hangst\/Getty Images<\/strong> hide caption<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

toggle caption<\/strong> Matthias Hangst\/Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The U.S. women’s water polo team dominated Italy in a 12-5 win in their gold medal match Friday to become the first women’s team to win gold at consecutive Summer Olympics.<\/p>\n

It’s the most goals ever scored in a women’s water polo final, and the widest margin of victory, according to the Olympic News Service.<\/p>\n

The American team scored four goals in two different periods \u2013 the first and the third \u2013 and while Italy fought their way back to trail 5-3 at the half, the U.S. players broke the game open after the intermission. Italy scored its final goal with just seconds remaining.<\/p>\n

With the U.S. featuring strong and unselfish play on the offensive end of the pool, the Italians needed to score goals to keep up.<\/p>\n

But many of their shots failed to get past American goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson \u2013 who saved a crucial early penalty and 9 of 13 shots overall.<\/p>\n

With their second gold medal in hand, the U.S. women’s team has gone from being strong \u2014 it’s never failed to medal at the Olympics \u2014 to bidding for a dynasty. Friday’s win was the team’s 22nd straight, a streak that goes back to a loss to Italy at the world championships in 2015.<\/p>\n

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