{"id":595156,"date":"2024-08-10T08:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=595156"},"modified":"2024-08-10T08:13:38","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:13:38","slug":"olympic-womens-water-polo-u-s-blows-four-goal-lead-fails-to-medal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-u-s-blows-four-goal-lead-fails-to-medal\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: U.S. Blows Four-Goal Lead, Fails to Medal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: U.S. Blows Four-Goal Lead, Fails to Medal<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States squandered a four-goal lead in the second half of Saturday\u2019s Olympic women\u2019s water polo bronze medal match, watching the Netherlands rally for an 11-10 win that denies the three-time gold medalist a medal of any color in Tokyo.<\/p>\n

The U.S. led 9-5 with two minutes left in the third quarter and 10-7 with four minutes left in regulation. But the Americans fell apart down the stretch, allowing four different Dutch scorers to get them their first medal since gold in Beijing in 2008. Sabrina van der Sloot<\/strong> sealed the win with one second left, her fifth goal of the game.<\/p>\n

Three Americans scored twice each, but only one of the Americans\u2019 goals was assisted, a level of offensive stagnation that came back to bite them.<\/p>\n