Adrian Weinberg made 16 saves in regulation and denied Vince Vigvári within the penalty shootout, serving to america beat Hungary 11-8 on Sunday for the bronze medal in males’s water polo on the Paris Olympics.
It’s the primary medal for the U.S. males for the reason that group misplaced to Hungary within the closing of the 2008 Olympics. The U.S. additionally received bronze the final time Paris hosted the Summer time Video games in 1924.
Ben Hallock had two objectives for the U.S., which bounced again after dropping to Serbia within the semifinals.
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Gergo Zalanki and Denes Varga every had two objectives for Hungary, the winningest males’s water polo program in historical past. Hungary took house the bronze on the Tokyo Video games.
Hungary opened an 8-6 lead on Daniel Angyal’s purpose with 3:22 left. However the U.S. rallied with man-up objectives by Alex Bowen and Hannes Daube.
Daube, Max Irving and Bowen transformed their alternatives within the penalty shootout, and Hungary was shut out within the tiebreaker. Varga hit the cage earlier than Vigvári was turned away by Weinberg. When Gergo Zalanki hit the cage once more, it was over.
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Because the U.S. coaches and gamers celebrated wildly — on the sideline and within the pool — Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the U.S.A.” performed on the sound system at Paris La Protection Enviornment. U.S. coach Dejan Udovicic waved his arms within the air to fireplace up the American followers within the crowd.
