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GB finish fifth in flag football at World Games
Great Britain clinched a fifth-placed finish in flag football at their maiden World Games, with Mexico retaining their women's tournament was seen as crucial for the GB team's development before flag football makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles faced hosts China in their final ranking game on Sunday and the European champions ended their campaign with a 34-13 then claimed a 38-20 win over Austria in the bronze medal match before Mexico beat the USA 26-21 in a thrilling final in World Games is a global multi-sport event showcasing sports not currently on the Olympic qualified for the first time after securing seventh place at last year's Flag Football World Championships and are ranked fifth in the world. After ending their group campaign with a defeat by Mexico and losing to Austria in the quarter-finals, GB beat Italy in their first ranking game on then ensured they finished the tournament in fifth place by cruising to their fourth win from six games in China. Britain led 19-7 at half-time with quarterback Jessica Allen making touchdown passes to Hannah Elliott and Emily Kemp, before Kemp threw one to finished the game with five touchdowns in total, with Allen finding Kemp and Kate Bruinvels for second-half women will head to Paris next month looking to defend their European title from 24-27 September, while GB men hope to improve on their sixth-placed finish in 2023. Mexico win gold in thrilling finale There was no men's event at the World Games in China, where there was a repeat of the women's final from 2022 in Birmingham, shocked USA on that occasion by winning 39-6, though the Americans beat Mexico in the past two World Championship finals - in 2021 and Mexico showed that their 2022 gold was no fluke by clinching a dramatic victory in a game which went right down to the led 14-7 at half-time before USA edged into a 21-20 lead, as they added the extra point after scoring a touchdown with just 28 seconds left on the the defending champions were able to get into position to snatch victory and with just three seconds remaining, quarterback Diana Flores found a wide-open Victoria Chavez in the end zone to spark emotional celebrations among the Mexico players."I'm so proud," said Flores. "We just played the greatest football here and I'm blessed to be part of it."Pierre Trochet, president of the International Federation of American Football (Ifaf), added: "It's a thrilling time for flag football."This was simply an amazing tournament - the best ever in our sport's history - and a huge step forward on the road to Los Angeles 2028."
Yahoo
3 days ago
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GB aim for fifth place after medal hopes dashed
Great Britain's hopes of winning a women's flag football medal on their World Games debut were dashed as they lost to Austria on Saturday. Austria are ranked fourth in the world and claimed a 40-28 win in the quarter-finals against GB, ranked just behind them in fifth. GB are now out of medal contention in Chengdu but the European champions went on to play a ranking game against Italy later on Saturday. The British beat Italy in their group opener on Thursday and although this time Italy forced overtime, GB still managed to clinch a 35-28 win. They will now face hosts China on Sunday for the chance to clinch a fifth-placed finish in their first appearance at the World Games. The tournament is seen as crucial for the GB team's development before flag football makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles 2028. It is a global multi-sport event showcasing sports not currently on the Olympic programme, and GB qualified for the first time after securing seventh place at last year's Flag Football World Championships. GB scored four touchdowns in their first game on Saturday but were always playing catch up after two early scores by Austria, who finished with six touchdowns. Austria led 27-14 half-time and stayed clear in the second half, with Emily Kemp scoring all four of GB's touchdowns - one rushing and three from passes by quarterback Jessica Allen. GB trailed 21-14 at half-time against Italy and fought back to lead before a late Italy touchdown took the game to overtime. But GB prevailed with Hannah Elliott claiming the decisive score. That was Allen's fifth touchdown pass, after three to Grace Conway and one to Marta Mathews. GB finish group campaign as runners-up with two wins from three NFL flag vote sees Olympic 'Dream Team' move closer USA aim to avenge 2022 upset Austria went on to face USA in the semi-finals, with the world champions having beaten Italy 33-12 in the quarters. And the Americans had to fight back before clinching a thrilling 46-39 win at the death. On the other side of the draw, Canada progressed to the semi-finals by beating Japan 32-27 while Mexico enjoyed a 40-0 win over China. Mexico then secured a 25-13 victory over Canada to set up a repeat of the 2022 final, when they shocked USA by winning 39-6 in Birmingham, Alabama. Before Sunday's final, Canada will face Austria for the bronze medal while GB play China for fifth place and Japan take on Italy for seventh. How Taylor Swift is inspiring girls to follow Olympic dream GB medal hopes over at Flag Football World Championships Get American Football news sent straight to your phone
BBC News
3 days ago
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GB aim for fifth place after medal hopes dashed
Great Britain's hopes of winning a women's flag football medal on their World Games debut were dashed as they lost to Austria on are ranked fourth in the world and claimed a 40-28 win in the quarter-finals against GB, ranked just behind them in are now out of medal contention in Chengdu, China, but the European champions went on to play a ranking game against Italy later on British beat Italy in their group opener on Thursday and although this time Italy forced overtime, GB still managed to clinch a 35-28 will now face either Japan or hosts China on Sunday for the chance to clinch a fifth-placed finish in their first appearance at the World Games. The tournament is seen as crucial for the GB team's development before flag football makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles is a global multi-sport event showcasing sports not currently on the Olympic programme, and GB qualified for the first time after securing seventh place at last year's Flag Football World scored four touchdowns in their first game on Saturday but were always playing catch up after two early scores by Austria, who finished with six led 27-14 half-time and stayed clear in the second half, with Emily Kemp scoring all four of GB's touchdowns - one rushing and three from passes by quarterback Jessica trailed 21-14 at half-time against Italy and fought back to lead before a late Italy touchdown took the game to GB prevailed with Hannah Elliott claiming the decisive score. That was Allen's fifth touchdown pass, after three to Grace Conway and one to Marta Mathews. USA aim to avenge 2022 upset Austria went on to face USA in the semi-finals, with the world champions having beaten Italy 33-12 in the the Americans had to fight back before clinching a thrilling 46-39 win at the the other side of the draw, Canada progressed to the semi-finals by beating then secured a 25-13 win over Canada to set up a repeat of the 2022 final, when they shocked USA by winning 39-6 in Birmingham, Alabama. Before Sunday's final, Canada will face Austria for the bronze medal while GB play either Japan or China for fifth are ranked third in the world and beat Britain 40-34 in the quarter-finals of the Worlds, but GB managed to beat them 26-24 on Friday to finish runners-up in Group B with two wins from three games.
BBC News
4 days ago
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GB set up flag football quarter-final with Austria
Great Britain's women's flag football team will face Austria in the quarter-finals of the World Games after completing their group campaign on followed up their opening win on Thursday by beating Japan 26-24 in the first of their two Friday matches, then losing 34-13 to defending champions meant Mexico topped Group B, so face the fourth-placed team in Group A - hosts China - while runners-up Britain face third-placed tournament in Chengdu is seen as crucial for the GB team's development before flag football makes its Olympic debut at Los Angeles World Games is a global multi-sport event showcasing sports not currently on the Olympic qualified for the first time after securing seventh place at last year's Flag Football World Championships and are ranked fifth in the world, just behind Austria. Japan are ranked third and beat Britain 40-34 in the quarter-finals of the Worlds, but that defeat was avenged on Friday. GB held on for a narrow win, with quarterback Jessica Allen making four touchdown European champions led 20-12 at half-time after Grace Conway scored twice, either side of a Hannah Elliott Mathews scored to keep GB clear in the second half and although Japan also finished with four touchdowns, they failed to add the extra point on each twice went in front in their final group game, with Allen making touchdown passes to Elliott and Emily Kemp, but Mexico led 14-13 at half-time and finished with five touchdowns - all from Diana Flores winner of GB's quarter-final with Austria will face the USA or Italy in the knockout and ranking games are played on Saturday and Sunday. World Games flag football quarter-finals All start times Saturday, BST:USA v Italy (01:30)Great Britain v Austria (04:10)Winners meet in semi-final at 08:00Canada v Japan (02:50)Mexico v China (05:30)Winners meet in semi-final at 09:20
