SAINT-DENIS, France — With a 90-yard run as the final seconds ticked off the clock, Alex Sedrick and Team USA’s women’s Eagles rugby team snatched the bronze medal off the necks of a heavily-favored Australian team to deliver America its first Olympic medal in rugby sevens.
Then the green and gold pinned the Americans deep in their own end, inching them backward as the final seconds ticked off the clock.
AdvertisementBut then Sedrick got possession in the middle of the field and burst through a hole in the Aussie defense.
In an instant, Sedrick was off on 90-yard sprint down the grass, that finished with her running through the uprights.
But in a game with just 14 players on a massive field, anything can happen, and in the final seconds against the Aussies, Sedrick made sure it did.
Persons:
DENIS, Alex Sedrick, USA’s, Sedrick, Michael Steele
Organizations:
USA’s women’s Eagles rugby, Eagles, Australians, Aussie, Zealand
Locations:
France