Paris Olympics: US women's water polo team aims for Olympic 4-peat
Updated: 12:19 AM EDT Apr 30, 2024
OF AN EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST AUSTRALIA, GETTING TO THE TOP IS ONE THING. STAYING ON TOP IS ANOTHER. AND FOR TEAM USA WOMEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S WATER POLO, THAT MEANS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF ANY OPPORTUNITY TO COMPETE. THE REALITY IS THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S JUST ALWAYS A DIFFERENT ENERGY AND A DIFFERENT INTENSITY, AND YOU KNOW, FOCUS AND EVEN DISTRACTION THAT COMES ALONG WITH WITH GAMES. SO WE HAVE 12 GAMES, YOU KNOW, LEADING UP TO THE OLYMPICS AND EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE IS PRECIOUS FOR US. THIS IS A SOLD OUT EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST AUSTRALIA AT THE WOMEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S HOME POOL AT LONG BEACH CITY COMMUNITY COLLEGE. U.S. CAPTAIN MAGGIE STEFFENS MAKES LITERAL AND FIGURATIVE GOALS. EVERY OPPORTUNITY WE GET TO PLAY AT HOME IS AN OPPORTUNITY TO INSPIRE AND EMPOWER THE NEXT GENERATION. I WAS ONCE THAT LITTLE GIRL ON A POOL DECK, LOOKING UP AND SEEING ROLE MODELS AND SAYING, THAT바카라 게임 웹사이트S SOMETHING I WANT TO DO. IT WASN바카라 게임 웹사이트T THAT LONG AGO THAT SOME OF MAGGIE바카라 게임 웹사이트S NEWER TEAMMATES, LIKE JULE ROMER, WERE IN THESE STANDS, IDOLIZING HER AND DREAMING OF MAKING THE NATIONAL TEAM IN THE BEGINNING, IT WAS REALLY WEIRD, BUT, UM, THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트RE ALL SUPER GREAT PEOPLE, FIRST OF ALL, AND THEN SECOND OF ALL, GREAT TEAMMATES, UM, REALLY WELCOMING AND WANT US ALL TO BE OUR BEST AND LEARN. ONE OF THE THINGS I바카라 게임 웹사이트VE REALLY ENJOYED ABOUT THIS GROUP IS, IS NOT JUST THAT LEADERSHIP FROM TOP TO BOTTOM, BUT THE WILLINGNESS FROM THE BOTTOM TO TO LISTEN IN TO THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE. THOSE ATHLETES HAVE WON THE LAST THREE OLYMPIC GOLDS. THEY바카라 게임 웹사이트D MAKE HISTORY FOR ANY TEAM, MEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S OR WOMEN바카라 게임 웹사이트S, BY WINNING A FOURTH STRAIGHT GOLD IN PARIS. IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S DEFINITELY A BIG DEAL, BUT IT바카라 게임 웹사이트S NOT SOMETHING YOU NECESSARILY THINK ABOUT. ONE THING THAT WE TALK A LOT ABOUT AS A TEAM IS EACH QUAD IS ITS OWN INDEPENDENT JOURNEY. OBVIOUSLY THERE바카라 게임 웹사이트S PRESSURE WITH IT, BUT LIKE I SAID, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE TRYING TO DO OUR BEST AS A TEAM. UM, THIS TEAM, WE바카라 게임 웹사이트RE NOT THE PAST TEAMS. THIS TEAM ON THIS NIGHT CAME AWAY WITH A WIN. I WANT EVERY ONE STEP CLOSER TO PARIS AND PERHAPS HISTORY, WHILE
Paris Olympics: US women's water polo team aims for Olympic 4-peat
Updated: 12:19 AM EDT Apr 30, 2024
They say good things come in threes. The U.S. Olympic women's water polo team wants to update that phrase to fours.The women have won gold in the last three Olympic Games. No team, men's or women's, has won four straight gold medals.Maggie Steffens is a team veteran and the 2024 team captain."I mean, it's definitely a big deal. But, it's not something you necessarily think about. One thing that we talk a lot about as a team is that each Olympic squad is its own independent journey," Steffens said.Coach Adam Krikorian describes his team as a mix of veterans and newbies."One of the things I've really enjoyed about this group is not just the leadership from top to bottom, but the willingness from the bottom to listen to those that have been there before," Krikorian said.It's working.The team is dominating exhibition games being played leading up to the Olympics. Fans can't get enough of this team as they sell out those exhibition games, including a recent one at their home pool at Long Beach City Community College.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — They say good things come in threes. The U.S. Olympic women's water polo team wants to update that phrase to fours.
The women have won gold in the last three Olympic Games. No team, men's or women's, has won four straight gold medals.
is a team veteran and the 2024 team captain.
"I mean, it's definitely a big deal. But, it's not something you necessarily think about. One thing that we talk a lot about as a team is that each Olympic squad is its own independent journey," Steffens said.
Coach describes his as a mix of veterans and newbies.
"One of the things I've really enjoyed about this group is not just the leadership from top to bottom, but the willingness from the bottom to listen to those that have been there before," Krikorian said.
It's working.
The team is dominating exhibition games being played leading up to the Olympics. Fans can't get enough of this team as they sell out those exhibition games, including a recent one at their home pool at Long Beach City Community College.