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'''Sarah Levy''' (born December 27, 1995) is an American Olympic [[rugby union]] and [[rugby sevens]] player, who plays the wing position in the fifteens, and plays hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.<ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena |url=https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/cape-town-born-sarah-levy-shines-in-the-international-rugby-arena/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Cape Jewish Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> She is competing for the United States as part of the [[United States women's national rugby sevens team]] in the [[Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|women's rugby sevens tournament]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Paris 2024 Olympics]], on July 28–30, 2024.
'''Sarah Levy''' ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|l|iː|v|i}} {{respell|LEE|vee}}; born December 27, 1995)<ref>{{cite web |url=https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/athlete/sarah-levy_1950496|title=LEVY Sarah|date=2024 |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> is an American [[rugby union]] and [[rugby sevens]] player. She plays the wing position in the fifteens, and plays the positions of hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.<ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |date=February 1, 2022 |title=Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena |url=https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/cape-town-born-sarah-levy-shines-in-the-international-rugby-arena/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Cape Jewish Chronicle |language=en-US}}</ref> At the [[2024 Paris Olympics]], Levy competed in the [[Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|women's rugby sevens tournament]] on the [[bronze medal]]–winning United States team.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Levy was born in [[Cape Town]], South Africa, to a South African father, Denis Levy, and an American mother, Susan, and is Jewish.<ref name=Dan>Dan Shapiro (December 16, 2021). [https://medium.com/lawrence-family-jcc/from-team-jcc-to-team-usa-professional-rugby-player-sarah-levy-ce0f48ba2fb7 "From Team JCC to Team USA — Professional Rugby Player Sarah Levy,"] Lawrence Family JCC.</ref><ref name=jcc/><ref name=eag/><ref name=saul>Saul Kamionsky (December 2, 2021). [https://www.sajr.co.za/sa-born-rugby-star-helps-beat-the-boks/ "SA-born rugby star helps beat the Boks,"] ''South African Jewish Report''.</ref><ref name=hey>Evelyn Frick (July 23, 2024). [https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-jewish-rugby-player-sarah-levy/ "18 Things to Know About Jewish Rugby Player Sarah Levy,"] ''Hey Alma''.</ref> Her father played rugby, and her great uncle Peter played rugby for [[Western Province (rugby union)|Western Province]].<ref name=ngn/><ref name=spr/>
Levy was born in [[Cape Town]], South Africa, the daughter of a father from South Africa (Denis Levy) and mother from the United States (Susan), and is Jewish.<ref name=Dan>Dan Shapiro (December 16, 2021). [https://medium.com/lawrence-family-jcc/from-team-jcc-to-team-usa-professional-rugby-player-sarah-levy-ce0f48ba2fb7 "From Team JCC to Team USA — Professional Rugby Player Sarah Levy,"] Lawrence Family JCC.</ref><ref name=saul>Saul Kamionsky (December 2, 2021). [https://www.sajr.co.za/sa-born-rugby-star-helps-beat-the-boks/ "SA-born rugby star helps beat the Boks,"] ''South African Jewish Report''.</ref><ref name=hey>Evelyn Frick (July 23, 2024). [https://www.heyalma.com/18-things-to-know-about-jewish-rugby-player-sarah-levy/ "18 Things to Know About Jewish Rugby Player Sarah Levy,"] ''Hey Alma''.</ref> Her father played rugby, and her great-uncle played rugby for the South African rugby union team [[Western Province (rugby union)|Western Province]].<ref name=ngn/><ref name=spr/> Her paternal great-grandfather [[Louis Babrow]], who was an opponent of South African [[apartheid]], played for the South Africa national rugby union team (the [[Springboks]]) in the 1930s, and was one of the first Jewish players to do so.<ref name="spr" /><ref name="ngn" /><ref name="saul" />


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Levy and her family made ''[[aliyah]]'' and moved to Israel when she was two, and a few years later moved to [[San Diego]], California.<ref name=saul/><ref name=eag/><ref name=spr>Jaime Uranovsky (February 1, 2022). [https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/cape-town-born-sarah-levy-shines-in-the-international-rugby-arena/ "Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena,"] ''Cape Jewish Chronicle''.</ref> She went to pre-school at the San Diego JCC, attended a San Diego synagogue, and went to a [[Jewish Community Center]] camp.<ref name=hey/><ref name=jcc>Jacob Gurvis (July 26, 2024). [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-812007 "Sarah Levy's great-grandfather faced a Yom Kippur rugby dilemma, she’s playing in the Olympics,"] ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref> She competed in soccer at the 2010 and 2012 [[JCC Maccabi Youth Games|JCC Maccabi Games]].<ref name=hey/> She celebrated her ''[[bat mitzvah]]'' in Israel.<ref name=jcc/> In high school, she ran cross country and track, and competed in golf and soccer.<ref name=ngn/>
Her paternal great-grandfather [[Louis Babrow]], an opponent of South African [[apartheid]], played in the 1930s for the South Africa national rugby union team, the [[Springboks]].<ref name=spr/><ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/><ref name=saul/> He was one of the first Jews to play for the Springboks.<ref name=saul/> In 1937, faced with having to decide whether or not to play a match in New Zealand on [[Yom Kippur]], he decided to play, reasoning: "I’m a South African Jew, not a New Zealand Jew, and New Zealand is eight hours before South Africa in time. When we are playing our holy day will not yet have dawned in South Africa."<ref name=hey/>


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Levy attended [[Northeastern University]], and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science.<ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/> She then earned a doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2023 at the [[University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences|University of Saint Augustines]] in [[San Marcos, California]].<ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2024 |title=Sarah Levy |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/sarah-levy |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=teamusa.com |language=en}}</ref> She spent a year working for a Connecticut physical therapy clinic.<ref name=ngn/><ref name=hey/>
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Levy and her family made ''[[aliyah]]'' and moved to Israel when she was about two years old, and then a couple of years later when she was about three years old they moved to [[San Diego]], California, where she grew up.<ref name=saul/><ref name=eag/><ref name=spr>Jaime Uranovsky (February 1, 2022). [https://cjc.org.za/2022/02/01/cape-town-born-sarah-levy-shines-in-the-international-rugby-arena/ "Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena,"] ''Cape Jewish Chronicle''.</ref> There, she attended pre-school at the San Diego JCC, attended a San Diego synagogue, and taught and went to camp at a [[Jewish Community Center|JCC]].<ref name=hey/><ref name=jcc> Jacob Gurvis (July 26, 2024). [https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/article-812007 "Sarah Levy’s great-grandfather faced a Yom Kippur rugby dilemma, she’s playing in the Olympics,"] ''The Jerusalem Post''.</ref> She competed in soccer in the 2010 and 2012 [[JCC Maccabi Youth Games|JCC Maccabi Games]].<ref name=hey/> She celebrated her ''[[bat mitzvah]]'' in Israel.<ref name=jcc/> In high school, she played soccer, track, cross country, and golf.<ref name=ngn/> She is 5 feet 8 inches tall.<ref name=ngn/>

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She studied at [[Northeastern University]], beginning her freshman year in 2014 and graduating in 2018 with a Bachelors of Science in Health Science.<ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/> Levy then studied at the [[University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences|University of Saint Augustines]] in [[San Marcos, California]], earning a doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2023.<ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |date=March 1, 2024 |title=Sarah Levy |url=https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/sarah-levy |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=teamusa.com |language=en}}</ref> For one year she worked at a physical therapy clinic in Connecticut.<ref name=ngn/><ref name=hey/>


== Rugby career ==
== Rugby career ==


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Levy first played rugby when she was 18 years of age at Northeastern University, for whom she played [[rugby union]] and [[rugby sevens]].<ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/><ref name=spr/> She competed for the [[San Diego Surfers]] and the [[New York Rugby Club]] (the oldest rugby club in the nation) rugby union clubs of the [[Women's Premier League Rugby|Women's Premier League]].<ref name="saul" /><ref name="eag">{{Cite web |title=Sarah Levy {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} USA Eagles |url=https://eagles.rugby/players/sarah-levy/1226 |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=eagles.rugby |language=en}}</ref> She also played for the British-based invitational [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians F.C]], for which her great-grandfather had also played.<ref name="spr" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2021 |title=Sarah Levy stars as Barbarians set attendance world record |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/11/27/sarah-levy-stars-as-barbarians-set-attendance-world-record/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Marc Bazeley|date= November 27, 2021|work=Sky Sports |title=Barbarians women rout South Africa at Twickenham as Sarah Levy scores hat-trick of tries |url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/12480483/barbarians-women-rout-south-africa-at-twickenham-as-sarah-levy-scores-hat-trick-of-tries}}</ref>
Levy started playing rugby for the first time at 18 years of age at Northeastern University, for whom she played [[rugby union]] and [[rugby sevens]].<ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/><ref name=spr/>


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In 2018, Levy was asked to play for USA Rugby's fifteens team, the [[United States women's national rugby union team|USA Women's Eagles]].<ref name="ngn" /><ref name="eag" /> She earned her first [[Cap (sport)|cap]] against England.<ref name="eag" />
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Levy played for the [[San Diego Surfers]] and the [[New York Rugby Club]] (the oldest United States rugby club) rugby union clubs of the [[Women's Premier League Rugby|Women's Premier League]], and the British-based invitational [[Barbarian F.C.|Barbarians F.C]] (for which her great-grandfather had also played).<ref name=saul/><ref name=spr/><ref name=eag>{{Cite web |title=Sarah Levy {{!}} Player Profile {{!}} USA Eagles |url=https://eagles.rugby/players/sarah-levy/1226 |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=eagles.rugby |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=November 28, 2021 |title=Sarah Levy stars as Barbarians set attendance world record |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/11/27/sarah-levy-stars-as-barbarians-set-attendance-world-record/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author=Marc Bazeley|date= November 27, 2021|work=Sky Sports |title=Barbarians women rout South Africa at Twickenham as Sarah Levy scores hat-trick of tries |url=https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/12480483/barbarians-women-rout-south-africa-at-twickenham-as-sarah-levy-scores-hat-trick-of-tries}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=November 23, 2021 |title=Six North Americans to play for Barbarians against South Africa |url=https://www.americasrugbynews.com/2021/11/22/six-north-americans-to-play-for-barbarians-against-south-africa/ |access-date=July 18, 2024 |website=Americas Rugby News |language=en-US}}</ref>


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She switched to [[rugby sevens]] after she was asked to play for the U.S. sevens camp. Although she plays the wing position in the fifteens, she plays the positions of hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.<ref name="eag" /><ref name="ngn" /><ref name="spr" /> In 2022, she was asked to join the [[USA Sevens]] Residency, and she debuted in the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Series in [[Malaga]], Spain.<ref name="eag" /><ref name="spr" /> That year she also began working with coach [[Zack Test]], who is a past Olympian and was the national team's assistant coach.<ref name="jcc" />
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In late 2018, Levy was invited to play for USA Rugby’s fifteens team, the [[United States women's national rugby union team|USA Women's Eagles]].<ref name=ngn/><ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/> Shortly thereafter, she earned her first cap against against England.<ref name=eag/>

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She then switched to [[rugby sevens]], as Levy was invited to the U.S. sevens camp, and while she plays the wing position in the fifteens, she plays hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.<ref name=eag/><ref name=ngn/><ref name=spr/> In 2022 she was invited to [[USA Sevens]] Residency, and she debuted on the the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Series in [[Malaga]], Spain.<ref name=eag/><ref name=spr/> That year she also began working with coach [[Zack Test]], a former Olympian and the US team's assistant coach.<ref name=jcc/>


===2024 Paris Olympics===
===2024 Paris Olympics===
Levy is competing for the United States as part of the [[United States women's national rugby sevens team]] in the [[Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|women's rugby sevens tournament]] at the [[2024 Summer Olympics|Paris 2024 Olympics]], at [[Stade de France]] on July 28–30, 2024..<ref name=ngn>Ian Thomsen (July 18, 2024). [https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/18/magazine/sarah-levy-rugby-olympics/ "Sarah Levy seeks an Olympic gold medal 10 years after she fell in love with rugby at Northeastern,"] ''NGN Magazine''.</ref><ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peene |first=Sam |date=June 17, 2024 |title=TEAM USA ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S OLYMPIC RUGBY SEVENS TEAM FOR PARIS 2024|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/team-usa-womens-olympic-rugby-sevens-team-for-paris-2024 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=Dan/> Team USA is fourth in the women’s rugby sevens world rankings.<ref name=ngn/>
Levy competed at the [[2024 Paris Olympics]] as part of the [[United States women's national rugby sevens team]] in the [[Rugby sevens at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament|women's rugby sevens tournament]], in July 2024.<ref name=eag/><ref>{{Cite web |last=Peene |first=Sam |date=June 17, 2024 |title=TEAM USA ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S OLYMPIC RUGBY SEVENS TEAM FOR PARIS 2024|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/team-usa-womens-olympic-rugby-sevens-team-for-paris-2024 |website=olympics.com}}</ref><ref name=Dan/> At the time, Team USA was fourth in the world rankings.<ref name=ngn>Ian Thomsen (July 18, 2024). [https://news.northeastern.edu/2024/07/18/magazine/sarah-levy-rugby-olympics/ "Sarah Levy seeks an Olympic gold medal 10 years after she fell in love with rugby at Northeastern,"] ''NGN Magazine''.</ref> The team won its first two matches, defeating Japan and Brazil, and qualified for the quarter-finals, with Levy scoring in her first match.<ref>Philip Bendon (July 28, 2024). [https://www.florugby.com/articles/12752842-impressive-usa-sevens-secure-unbeaten-start-to-olympic-campaign-in-paris "Impressive USA Sevens Secure Unbeaten Start To Olympic Campaign In Paris,"] ''FloRugby''.</ref> The team went on to win the [[bronze medal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=July 30, 2024 |title=2024 Olympics: U.S. women's rugby sevens wins first bronze medal, stunning Australia with try as clock expires |url=https://www.cbssports.com/olympics/news/2024-olympics-u-s-womens-rugby-sevens-wins-first-bronze-medal-stunning-australia-with-try-as-clock-expires/ |access-date=July 31, 2024 |website=CBS Sports |language=en}}</ref>

Team USA won its first two matches and qualified for the quarter-finals, defeating Japan and Brazil, with Levy scoring in her first match.<ref>Philip Bendon (July 28, 2024). [https://www.florugby.com/articles/12752842-impressive-usa-sevens-secure-unbeaten-start-to-olympic-campaign-in-paris "Impressive USA Sevens Secure Unbeaten Start To Olympic Campaign In Paris,"] ''FloRugby''.</ref>


==See also==
==See also==
*[[List of Jews in sports#Rugby union|List of select Jewish rugby union footballers]]
*[[List of Jews in sports#Rugby union|List of select Jewish rugby union footballers]]
*[[List of Jewish Olympic medalists]]


== References ==
== References ==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://www.teamusa.com/profiles/sarah-levy "Sarah Levy,"] Team USA Rugby.
*[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V5QF0qszk8U&ab_channel=RUGBY7sMAGAZINE "Welcome to the Show SARAH LEVY,"] ''Rugby 7s Magazine'', 2022 (''video'').
{{USA Women's 2024 Summer Olympics Squad}}


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Revision as of 18:08, 17 August 2024

For other people of the same or similar name, see Sarah Levy.

Sarah Levy
Date of birth (1995-12-27) December 27, 1995 (age 28)
Place of birthCape Town, South Africa
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)[1]
Rugby union career
Position(s) Hooker, winger, centre, or prop
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
San Diego Surfers ()
New York Rugby Club ()
Barbarians F.C ()
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
 United States
National sevens team
Years Team Comps
 United States
Medal record
Women's rugby sevens
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2024 Paris Team competition

Sarah Levy (/ˈliːvi/ LEE-vee; born December 27, 1995)[2] is an American rugby union and rugby sevens player. She plays the wing position in the fifteens, and plays the positions of hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.[3][4] At the 2024 Paris Olympics, Levy competed in the women's rugby sevens tournament on the bronze medal–winning United States team.

Early life

Levy was born in Cape Town, South Africa, the daughter of a father from South Africa (Denis Levy) and mother from the United States (Susan), and is Jewish.[5][6][7] Her father played rugby, and her great-uncle played rugby for the South African rugby union team Western Province.[1][8] Her paternal great-grandfather Louis Babrow, who was an opponent of South African apartheid, played for the South Africa national rugby union team (the Springboks) in the 1930s, and was one of the first Jewish players to do so.[8][1][6]

Levy and her family made aliyah and moved to Israel when she was two, and a few years later moved to San Diego, California.[6][3][8] She went to pre-school at the San Diego JCC, attended a San Diego synagogue, and went to a Jewish Community Center camp.[7][9] She competed in soccer at the 2010 and 2012 JCC Maccabi Games.[7] She celebrated her bat mitzvah in Israel.[9] In high school, she ran cross country and track, and competed in golf and soccer.[1]

Levy attended Northeastern University, and graduated in 2018 with a Bachelor of Science in Health Science.[3][1] She then earned a doctorate in Physical Therapy in 2023 at the University of Saint Augustines in San Marcos, California.[3][10] She spent a year working for a Connecticut physical therapy clinic.[1][7]

Rugby career

Levy first played rugby when she was 18 years of age at Northeastern University, for whom she played rugby union and rugby sevens.[3][1][8] She competed for the San Diego Surfers and the New York Rugby Club (the oldest rugby club in the nation) rugby union clubs of the Women's Premier League.[6][3] She also played for the British-based invitational Barbarians F.C, for which her great-grandfather had also played.[8][11][12]

In 2018, Levy was asked to play for USA Rugby's fifteens team, the USA Women's Eagles.[1][3] She earned her first cap against England.[3]

She switched to rugby sevens after she was asked to play for the U.S. sevens camp. Although she plays the wing position in the fifteens, she plays the positions of hooker, winger, centre, or prop in the sevens.[3][1][8] In 2022, she was asked to join the USA Sevens Residency, and she debuted in the 2022 World Rugby Sevens Series in Malaga, Spain.[3][8] That year she also began working with coach Zack Test, who is a past Olympian and was the national team's assistant coach.[9]

2024 Paris Olympics

Levy competed at the 2024 Paris Olympics as part of the United States women's national rugby sevens team in the women's rugby sevens tournament, in July 2024.[3][13][5] At the time, Team USA was fourth in the world rankings.[1] The team won its first two matches, defeating Japan and Brazil, and qualified for the quarter-finals, with Levy scoring in her first match.[14] The team went on to win the bronze medal.[15]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Ian Thomsen (July 18, 2024). "Sarah Levy seeks an Olympic gold medal 10 years after she fell in love with rugby at Northeastern," NGN Magazine.
  2. ^ "LEVY Sarah". 2024. Retrieved August 11, 2024.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k "Sarah Levy | Player Profile | USA Eagles". eagles.rugby. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  4. ^ "Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena". Cape Jewish Chronicle. February 1, 2022. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  5. ^ a b Dan Shapiro (December 16, 2021). "From Team JCC to Team USA — Professional Rugby Player Sarah Levy," Lawrence Family JCC.
  6. ^ a b c d Saul Kamionsky (December 2, 2021). "SA-born rugby star helps beat the Boks," South African Jewish Report.
  7. ^ a b c d Evelyn Frick (July 23, 2024). "18 Things to Know About Jewish Rugby Player Sarah Levy," Hey Alma.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g Jaime Uranovsky (February 1, 2022). "Cape Town-born Sarah Levy shines in the international rugby arena," Cape Jewish Chronicle.
  9. ^ a b c Jacob Gurvis (July 26, 2024). "Sarah Levy's great-grandfather faced a Yom Kippur rugby dilemma, she’s playing in the Olympics," The Jerusalem Post.
  10. ^ "Sarah Levy". teamusa.com. March 1, 2024. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  11. ^ "Sarah Levy stars as Barbarians set attendance world record". Americas Rugby News. November 28, 2021. Retrieved July 18, 2024.
  12. ^ Marc Bazeley (November 27, 2021). "Barbarians women rout South Africa at Twickenham as Sarah Levy scores hat-trick of tries". Sky Sports.
  13. ^ Peene, Sam (June 17, 2024). "TEAM USA ANNOUNCES WOMEN'S OLYMPIC RUGBY SEVENS TEAM FOR PARIS 2024". olympics.com.
  14. ^ Philip Bendon (July 28, 2024). "Impressive USA Sevens Secure Unbeaten Start To Olympic Campaign In Paris," FloRugby.
  15. ^ "2024 Olympics: U.S. women's rugby sevens wins first bronze medal, stunning Australia with try as clock expires". CBS Sports. July 30, 2024. Retrieved July 31, 2024.
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