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Olympics-Water polo-US survive ROC fright to reach final against Spain
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TOKYO : The United States will play for a third consecutive women's water polo Olympic gold medal after edging a determined Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) team 15-11 on Thursday to set up a showdown with European champions Spain.Spain, silver medallists behind the U.S. at London 2012, moved into the fina

TOKYO : The United States will play for a third consecutive women's water polo Olympic gold medal after edging a determined Russian Olympic Committee team 15-11 on Thursday to set up a showdown with European champions Spain.

Deadlocked at 11-11 late in the final quarter, the U.S. showed their gold-medal pedigree down the closing stretch by scoring four unanswered goals, including the final two from Madeline Musselman. "We've had a lot of success but this team hasn't done anything yet, we haven't won a medal yet; I think we are looking for the opportunity of fighting for one."

"No matter how many shots you missed before, you got to go with the same courage, the same aggressiveness and she did that."

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