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The United States women's national rugby sevens team competes in international rugby sevens competitions. [2] The team finished second at the 2015 USA Women's Sevens, after defeating Russia in the semifinals. They have competed at three Summer Olympics, and won a bronze medal at the 2024 Summer Olympics. [3]
Ilona Maher and the United States women's rugby sevens national team made history at the 2024 Paris Olympic Games on Tuesday.. The Vermont native and her Eagles teammates captured the country's ...
The United States women's rugby sevens team has won a landmark bronze medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics. The Americans upset Australia 14-12, scoring just as time ran out.
Rugby sevens - a short form of the sport of rugby union - was first played in 1883, with the first (men's) internationals taking place in 1973. As women's rugby union developed in the 1960s and 1970s the format became very popular as it allowed games, and entire leagues, to be developed in countries even when player numbers were small, and it remains the main form the women's game is played in ...
A dramatic win over Australia in the bronze-medal match gave the U.S. women's rugby sevens its first medal and a boost ahead of the 2028 Olympics in L.A.
The USA Women's National Team XVs represents the United States in women's international rugby union.The team was officially formed in 1987 and is nicknamed the Eagles. An international powerhouse during the 1990s— the Eagles won the inaugural 1991 Women's World Cup and finished second in the two following World Cups in 1994 and 1998.
SAINT-DENIS, France (AP) — Alex Sedrick ran the length of the field, dived in under the posts and then calmly took the conversion, securing a first Olympic rugby sevens medal for the United ...
The result earned the U.S. women's rugby sevens team its first Olympic medal. Maddison Levi's try with about 85 seconds remaining gave Australia a 12-7 lead that appeared to have won it for the ...