PARIS : Sabrina van der Sloot goaled with less than a second on the clock as the Netherlands stunned the United States 11-10 for bronze in the women's water polo on Saturday and denied the Americans a medal for the first time at the Olympics.
Paris 2024 Olympics - Water Polo - Women's Bronze Medal Match - United States vs Netherlands - Paris La Defense Arena, Nanterre, France - August 10, 2024. Athletes of team United States react after losing the game. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina
The Netherlands secured their first medal for 16 years, having beaten the Americans 9-8 for gold in the 2008 final in Beijing."It just shows the importance of staying in the moment and we weren't able to capitalise on that today." In possession after the restart, Van der Sloot confronted a crowded U.S. goal-mouth before winding up and launching a rocket that skipped off the water and beat U.S. keeper Ashleigh Johnson inside the right post.
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