RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Ashleigh Johnson and KK Clark joined a couple of Brazilian dancers for a samba lesson. Maggie Steffens grabbed an American flag for the party on the pool deck. One by one, the players draped their gold medals around the neck of grieving coach Adam Krikorian. The U.S. saved its best for last, and Italy never stood a chance. Johnson made nine saves, Kiley Neushul scored three goals on four shots and the United States routed Italy 12-5 on Friday for its second straight Olympic gold medal in women's water polo. "To play as well as we did today in that moment and that atmosphere in a gold-medal game when you've been thinking about this for the last four years is just, it's...
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