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Rio Olympics women’s water polo results: August 17

By Sarabeth Pollock

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 17: KK Clark of the USA celebrates a goal with with team mates during the Water Polo semi final match between the USA and Hungary at Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 17, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 17: KK Clark of the USA celebrates a goal with with team mates during the Water Polo semi final match between the USA and Hungary at Olympic Aquatics Stadium on August 17, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Getty Images/Getty Images) /
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Team USA goes for the gold against Italy on Friday; Complete results from the Olympics women’s water polo semifinals on August 17th.

Team USA is going to the finals to defend their 2012 London gold medal. They play Italy for the 2016 Rio gold medal on Friday.

The semifinal match between Hungary and the United States was every bit as intense as the final score suggests. The United States were in control throughout the entire match, but Hungary fought hard, bringing the score within two points on several occasions. Now the United States and Italy will play for the gold while Hungary and Russia battle for bronze.

Monday marked the start of the Olympics water polo women’s quarterfinals. The United States women have remained perfect in the preliminary rounds, and they stayed that way as they took on winless Brazil in the first match of the day, winning 13-3. Brazil’s three points came in the fourth quarter when Team USA started rotating its starters out and allowing the younger members of the team to get in the pool.

On Saturday, the United States defeated Hungary 11-6 on the third day of the women’s Olympics water polo tournament, staying perfect for the tournament. Brazil and China remained at the bottom of the leader board.

Team USA had a strong showing in Rio on day two of the women’s tournament in defense of their gold medal title from 2012, defeating China in a 12-4 rout. Italy (Group A) and the United States (Group B) remained perfect in the preliminary round, while Brazil and China had yet to pick up a win. Australia, Russia, Hungary and Spain all had two points each.

Team USA dominated in the first day of the women’s Olympics water polo preliminary tournament on Tuesday, as they came out 11-4 over Spain. The Team USA women are defending their gold medal from the 2012 London Olympics, where they met Spain in the gold medal match. Their rout of Spain is a great start to the tournament for Team USA. The USA women started out with a 7-2 lead after the first two quarters, and then there was no looking back after that as they finished the game 11-4.

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Full results for the women’s water polo semifinals on Wednesday:

Women’s tournament semifinals, 5-8th place classification: Australia 11, Brazil 4

Women’s tournament semifinals: Hungary 10, United States 14

Women’s tournament semifinals, 5-8th place classification: Spain 11, China 6

Women’s tournament semifinals: Russia 9, Italy 12

The women are back in action on Friday, August 19, with the water polo finals. The semifinals for the men’s tournament begin on Thursday, August 18.

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