The United States women's rugby sevens team captured its first ever Olympic medal on Tuesday in Paris, taking it the length of the field in the final seconds to earn a 14-12 upset victory over Australia.
With the Australian women clinging to a 12-7 lead, American Alex Sedrick, affectionately nicknamed "Spiff," took a loose ball, ran through a defender and took off in a sprint for the score as time expired to tie the match at 12. Sedrick's conversion kick after the score officially clinched the bronze for the United States.
Here's the video of the wild finish for Spiff and the United States:
A FINISH YOU HAVE TO SEE TO BELIEVE! 😱
— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) July 30, 2024
ALEX SEDRICK LEADS TEAM USA TO THE FIRST-EVER OLYMPIC RUGBY SEVENS MEDAL FOR THE UNITED STATES ON THE FINAL PLAY OF THE GAME! 🥉 #ParisOlympics pic.twitter.com/1FMu9SWxDo
The United States women's rugby sevens team has been around since 1987, but this is the first ever Olympic medal.
Fans were in awe of the finish:
OMG U.S. women's rugby just won a bronze medal, and they basically did it on the equivalent of a walk-off kickoff return TD. No time left and she broke free for a long run to win it. That was INCREDIBLE #Paris2024
— Mitch Goldich 🐙 (@mitchgoldich) July 30, 2024
USA RUGBY BRONZE MEDAL. RUGBY IS SO BACK 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/9F033bkaTd
— PFT Commenter (@PFTCommenter) July 30, 2024
Hot damn, Team USA women's rugby sevens just upset Australia 14-12 to take the bronze — the first medal ever for the United States in Olympics rugby. Did it on a breakaway score at the end of the match. Pretty sweet.
— Matt Norlander (@MattNorlander) July 30, 2024
SPIFFFFFFFF!!!!!
— USA Rugby (@USARugby) July 30, 2024
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This article was originally published on www.si.com as USA Wins Historic Bronze Medal in Women's Rugby With Wild Ending vs. Australia.
