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USA women's rugby team secures historic bronze at Paris Olympics

USA women's rugby team secures historic bronze at Paris Olympics
Joined here alongside one of the teams that has really stolen the show at the Paris Olympics, the US women's rugby team winners of the bronze medal, historic win for them. The first medal in women's rugby history. The f one of the most thrilling in recent Olympic history. I know we have to ask you, people are going to be talking about that for years and years to come. They're going to be talking about Olympic rugby and they're going to that play for decades. Do you realize not just the medal is history, but that play is gonna be something people talk about for years and years. Yeah. And I think the important thing to remember with that play is uh *** game is not one in one single play but um every single time that she ran into contact and held on to the ball or anytime Sammy made *** pass or na I had good comes like it's, it's *** whole team and you know, that was the last moment, but it's, it takes the entire team. All right, I don't want to put words in your mouth. Obviously, people know Alana from her social media presence. It's fantastic. I love social media but I always feel like it's playful, the medals, I feel like make your team more powerful. Is that fair to say that it's *** different level now because of what you all have accomplished and it is historic. We definitely want to be taken seriously. I don't think it was enough for me to just be um I guess, you know, have all the social media following, which is great for me, but it's great for me personally and it is great for the sport, but I think we wanted this medal to show we're legit, we deserve funding, we deserve respect and to get more eyes on us because America loves winning and I think we have *** lot of that in store for us. Ok. Congratulations again. History. Thank you so much for your time. Thank you.
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USA women's rugby team secures historic bronze at Paris Olympics
In a thrilling last-second victory over Australia, the USA women's rugby team secured a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, marking a historic moment in women's rugby.Rugby Sevens, a variant of the traditional 15-person rugby, became a medal sport at the Olympics during the 2016 games in Rio. The USA women's rugby team's victory marks a significant milestone in the sport's history.Several of the players spoke one-on-one with our Hearst Olympic Correspondent Fletcher Mackel. Watch the video above.

In a thrilling last-second victory over Australia, the USA women's rugby team secured a bronze medal at the Paris Olympics, marking a historic moment in women's rugby.

Rugby Sevens, a variant of the traditional 15-person rugby, became a medal sport at the Olympics during the 2016 games in Rio. The USA women's rugby team's victory marks a significant milestone in the sport's history.

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Several of the players spoke one-on-one with our Hearst Olympic Correspondent Fletcher Mackel. Watch the video above.