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DIGEST: Water Polo Schools Well Represented at Rio Olympics
US colleges have been quick to publicize just how many of their student athletes have made Olympic rosters for this summer’s games in Rio. Water polo plays a large role in the story largely due to the number of women from around the world who get significant training at the
The Next ‘It Girl’ of the Olympics Hits Hard | OZY
Ashleigh Johnson, goalkeeper for the US Women’s National Water Polo Team, may rank among the most covered athlete at the 2016 Olympics. Ozy Magazine gives her the ‘rising star’ treatment with a little help from Total Waterpolo. Johnson’s coach believes she could be just that: She’s “the perfect candidate to
INFOGRAPHIC: Californians Dominiate US Olympic Roster
Fans of US water polo are already well aware that both men’s and women’s Olympic rosters are made up almost entirely of Californians. Superstar goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson is from Miami and high school prodigy Thomas Dunstan is from Connecticut. But the rest are from the Golden State. Well if you’re
STUDY: US Water Polo Aficionados Lean Republican
An American presidential campaign is once again intruding on precious time spent watching, reading about, and debating Olympic water polo. Alas, something productive has emerged from the democratic process. A study has revealed that Republicans are more interested in Olympic water polo than Democrats! That from Deep Root Analytics, a research firm
US Women, the Odds-On Favorites in Rio – WSJ
Team USA will win the medal-haul race, both gold and overall, in Rio says the Wall Street Journal. And it will do so largely based on the excellence of its female stars, including the dominant world-champion water polo squad. That dominance is fueled by a joyous team ethos admired throughout the
