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7 days ago
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U.S. women's water polo falls short of bronze
Despite a second-half rally, the defending champion U.S. women's water polo team was edged ever so slightly by Spain in a 13-12 defeat in the bronze medal match at the 2025 World Aquatics Championships.
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Greece women's water polo edges Hungary for gold
Greece women's water polo, 14 years after their first and only world title, returned to the top of the sport with a 12-9 win vs. Hungary to claim the gold medal at the World Aquatics Championships for the second time.
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23-07-2025
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World Aquatics Championships 2025: Team USA's rally comes up just short against Spain in water polo bronze medal match
The U.S. Women's National Team fell just short against Spain, 13-12, in the bronze medal match at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore on Wednesday. Emma Lineback starred for the U.S. with five goals, while Amanda Longan made eight saves. It was Team USA's first fourth-place finish at the World Championships since 2001. En route to the bronze medal match, Team USA beat China, Netherlands, Argentina and Japan. "It was a great comeback," Lineback said after the match. "I think the effort that this team has shown throughout the tournament has been super consistent. We can never question each other's effort and the energy and attitude that we're bringing. The result obviously wasn't what we wanted, we wanted to be on that podium, but still super proud of the group." After a mostly even start to the game, Spain began to pull away for a 7-4 lead at the half. But three third-quarter goals from Emily Ausmus kept Team USA in it, and then Lineback added a few of her own late in the comeback attempt that ultimately fell short. Team USA went 9-for-17 on power plays and 0-for-1 on penalties; Spain went 4-for-10 on power plays and 2-for-2 on penalties.
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21-07-2025
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Greece ousts U.S. women's water polo team in world championship semifinals
Greece beat a new-look U.S. women's water polo team 14-10 in the world championship semifinals, taking out the most dominant nation in the sport's history. Greece plays 2024 Olympic gold medalist Spain or Hungary in Wednesday's final in Singapore. The U.S. plays the Spain-Hungary semifinal loser in Wednesday's bronze-medal game. The U.S. won five of the previous six world titles, plus Olympic gold medals in London, Rio and Tokyo. Its Olympic dynasty was snapped in Paris with a semifinal loss (Australia) and then a defeat in the bronze-medal game (Netherlands). The U.S. roster for the Singapore worlds includes seven Olympians from Paris and seven women making their global championship debut. Amanda Longan, the lone Olympic gold medalist from Tokyo on the team, has been the primary goalie. Emily Ausmus, the youngest Paris Olympic team member at age 18, leads the world team with 14 goals through five games. Olympic stalwarts Maggie Steffens, Maddie Musselman and goalie Ashleigh Johnson are not on the world team. The U.S. men's water polo team was eliminated in the quarterfinals at worlds by Serbia in a rematch of their 2024 Olympic semifinal. Serbia won Olympic gold, while the U.S. earned bronze in Paris, its first Olympic medal in 16 years. The World Aquatics Championships continue through Aug. 3 with swimming and diving events starting Saturday. World Aquatics Championships 2025: How to watch, schedule, preview World Championships competition in swimming, diving, artistic swimming and water polo air live on Peacock. Nick Zaccardi,
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19-07-2025
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Heartbreak for Stingers as Greece net late winner
Australia's women's water polo team suffered a heartbreaking loss in the dying seconds of their quarter-final at the World Aquatics Championships in Singapore. The Aussie Stingers and Greece were locked at 7-7 with eight seconds left on Saturday, but Australia inexplicably turned over the ball and the Greeks swam towards the Aussie goal, shooting from outside to beat the buzzer, scoring with two seconds left. There were never more than two goals separating the teams all game, and the Aussies seemed to have the momentum in the final quarter. It was always going to be an emotion-charged game, the two sides having faced off in the quarter-finals at the Paris Olympics. Australia won that game and went on to claim the silver medal. But, like Australia, the Greeks have a new-look team and have already achieved strong results in this Olympic cycle. Stingers captain and dual Olympian Bronte Halligan said the team were devastated they won't have the opportunity to play for a world championship medal. "That's a really tough result. As Bec (Rippon, Stingers coach) said, quarter-final water polo you've got to stick it out right to the end and we did,'' Halligan said. "The Greeks also did that, but we showed real heart out there and I couldn't be more proud of our girls. "It's a tough loss and it's going to sting for a little bit, but the girls will hold their heads high knowing we did everything we could have. "This is a stepping stone and we really want to build this squad, we have a lot more goals. I think it's exciting to see where we are going to go over the next few years during this Olympic cycle.'' Rippon echoed Halligan's sentiment, saying despite the disappointment of the loss there is a lot they can build on as they set their sights on LA 2028. "We spoke about it before the game, that this is what we do all the hard work for, these big moments, and we go out there and leave everything we've got in the pool, and I think we did that tonight,'' Rippon said. "It is a heartbreaking way to lose, but we did leave everything out there and I'm proud of the team.'' Australia now meet Japan in the classification matches on Monday.
