Alev Kelter helped her team win bronze in rugby sevens — the US's first Olympic medal in the sport. But that wasn't the case for Alev Kelter, an American rugby sevens player who scored on Tuesday to help Team USA win its first medal in the sport. She'd never even touched a rugby ball, but she thought ice hockey may have given her the right mentality for rugby. In 2016, just two years after picking up a rugby ball, Kelter was among the first rugby sevens players to compete in the Olympics. Sevens features seven-person teams playing seven-minute halves instead of the traditional 15-player teams playing 40-minute halves.

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Persons: Alev Kelter, —, Kelter, she'd, She'd, hasn't Organizations: Olympic, Service, Team USA, Australia, Team USA's, Olympics, HSBC SVNS, Business, Training Locations: Paris, American, Alaska, Chula Vista , California