{"id":595160,"date":"2024-08-10T08:18:21","date_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=595160"},"modified":"2024-08-10T08:18:21","modified_gmt":"2024-08-10T15:18:21","slug":"olympic-womens-water-polo-bea-ortiz-run-leads-spain-to-gold-over-australia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-bea-ortiz-run-leads-spain-to-gold-over-australia\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: Bea Ortiz Run Leads Spain to Gold over Australia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: Bea Ortiz Run Leads Spain to Gold over Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A three-goal run by <strong>Bea Ortiz<\/strong> early in the third quarter gave Spain the separation it needed in an 11-9 win over Australia for gold at the Paris Olympics Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>The gold is the first for Spain at the Olympics since women\u2019s water polo was added in 2000. It\u2019s the third time Spain has reached the final, losing to the United States in Tokyo and London. Spain also lost World Championships finals to the U.S. in 2017 and 2019 and to the Netherlands in 2023.<\/p>\n<p>That pain is behind them now, thanks in large part to Ortiz. She scored four goals on six shots and dished an assist. But her timing was everything.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/total-waterpolo.com\/olympic-games-paris-2024-women\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paris Olympic Water Polo Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/category\/water-polo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Water Polo News Home<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/paris-olympics-jenna-flynn-scores-four-as-u-s-womens-water-polo-opens-with-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo Group Stage Day 1 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-spain-tops-u-s-france-edges-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo Group Stage Day 2 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-ashleigh-johnson-stellar-as-u-s-trounces-italy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo Group Stage Day 3 Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-rachel-fattal-goal-leads-u-s-into-semis-over-hungary\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo Quarterfinals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-australia-tops-u-s-in-shootout-to-end-four-peat-quest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women&#8217;s Water Polo Semifinals Recap<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/olympic-womens-water-polo-u-s-blows-four-goal-lead-fails-to-medal\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Olympic Women&#8217;s Water Polo Bronze-Medal Game<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Spain led 3-2 at half before winning the swimoff to start the third quarter. 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Spain would never trail.<\/p>\n<p>The closest Australia got was 7-6 with 5:45 left to play on <strong>Sienna Hearn\u2019s<\/strong> goal. But 36 seconds later, there was Ortiz with an answer, her fourth goal on the power play to allay any flagging Spanish spirits.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maica Garcia<\/strong> was 3-for-3 shooting for Spain. Leiton had a goal and two assists. <strong>Anni Espar<\/strong> scored on both of her shots to go with an assist. Spain weathered Australia shutting down <strong>Judith Forca,<\/strong> who had just a solitary assist and no goals on two shots.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Martina Terre<\/strong> was outstanding in goal, with 15 saves. Spain held Australia to just 9-for-30 shooting and muzzled a potent power play to a manageable 5-for-14 shooting (36 percent).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Alice Williams<\/strong>, blanked by the U.S. in the semifinal, restored normal service with five goals, albeit on 11 shots. She added an assist. <strong>Abby Andrews,<\/strong> who was excellent against the U.S., was held to 1-for-5 shooting. <strong>Bronte Halligan<\/strong> didn\u2019t score but dished four assists. Hearn scored twice, and <strong>Gabriella Palm<\/strong> made eight saves.<\/p>\n<p>The silver medal is the first for the Aussie program, having won bronze in London and Beijing after winning the inaugural tournament in Sydney in 2000.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Olympic Women\u2019s Water Polo: Bea Ortiz Run Leads Spain to Gold over Australia A three-goal run by Bea Ortiz early in the third quarter gave Spain the separation it needed<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8367,"featured_media":595163,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,12],"tags":[70616,75115,134222,134219,134708,129617,128513,62751,69364,133640,133670,134748,99223],"class_list":["post-595160","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-water-polo","tag-2024-olympic-games-coverage-paris","tag-abby-andrews","tag-alice-williams","tag-australia-womens-water-polo","tag-bea-ortiz","tag-elena-ruiz","tag-gabriella-palm","tag-judith-forca","tag-maica-garcia","tag-martina-terre","tag-paula-leiton","tag-sienna-hearn","tag-spain-womens-water-polo"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v24.3) - 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