US Women’s Water Polo Team Handed a Rare Loss at Paris Olympics

United States' Jovana Sekulic (L) and Spain's Nona Perez Vivas battle for the ball during a women's water polo Group B preliminary match between USA and Spain at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Saint-Denis, France, on July 29, 2024. Luca Bruno/AP Photo

SAINT-DENIS, France—The U.S. women’s water polo team was handed a rare loss at the Paris Olympics on Monday, falling 13–11 to Bea Ortiz and Spain in a rematch of the final at the Tokyo Games.

The United States is going for its fourth consecutive gold medal. No team—men or women—has won four straight water polo titles at the Olympics.