Paris 2024: Serbia down Croatia to complete Olympic three-peat
Serbia took a third consecutive Olympic men’s water polo title to copy Great Britain (1908, 1912, 1920) and Hungary (2000, 2004, 2008), as they replicated their wins in Rio and Tokyo. The Serbs defied all the odds: even though they haven’t won any international medals since that title in 2021, they bounced back in Paris […]
Paris 2024: Spain’s women take maiden Olympic water polo title
European sides dominated the last day, winning all classification matches. After two lost finals, Spain claimed the gold medal as they beat Australia in the final with a fine performance. The Netherlands took the bronze with a miraclous comeback against the ex-title-holder US team. After the semi-finals yesterday, there was something in the air that […]
Paris 2024: Croatia and Serbia set up gold medal showdown
Serbia played smartly and quite effectively to beat the US team in the semis with relative ease, and with the 10-6 win they have reached third Olympic final in a row. They will clash with their arch-rivals Croatia, which edged out Hungary 9-8 in the other semi. The result means that the Croats have reached […]
Paris 2024: Spain’s women edge out Netherlands to play for gold
Spain’s women will have a third shot at the Olympic title on Saturday, as they beat the Netherlands in a magnificent match. They were flying high in the first half but the Dutch came back from five goals down to force a shootout where a single save sent the Spaniards to the final. It’s going […]
Paris 2024: Croatia, Serbia and Hungary’s men progress to semis
In a scenario that’s never been seen before, all the teams that qualified in first and second in their respective groups were knocked out in the Quarter-Finals by their third and fourth placed rivals. Shockingly, Croatia ousted Spain and Serbia sank Greece with Nikola Jaksic’s last-gasp blast from 11m. In the third European clash, Hungary […]
Paris 2024: Spain clinch bronze in Artistic Swimming Team Event
After three days of thrilling competition, Team Spain secured a brilliant bronze medal in the Artistic Swimming Team Event in Paris. The final rankings were determined by adding the scores of the Team Technical, Team Free and Team Acrobatic – on the Olympic programme for the first time. The Spanish team came into tonight’s acrobatic […]
Paris 2024: Spain and the Netherlands make the semis
Spain and the Netherlands advanced to the semi-finals and they face each other in the top four. Greece fell against Australia, while Hungary was close to upset the mighty US team but they came short despite holding the title-holders on five goals. Spain stormed to the semis first after thrashing Canada. The Spaniards left no […]
