Reigning world champions the United States lost 10–9 to Hungary at the Tatsumi Water Polo Centre on Wednesday—their first defeat at the Olympics since 2008 and ending the longest winning streak in women’s water polo at the Games at 12 matches. Gunning for their third straight gold in Tokyo, the U.S. women last failed to win a match at the Olympics in the group stages of London 2012, when they drew with Spain in their third game. Their previous defeat on sport’s biggest stage was 13 years ago in the final of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, where they finished runners-up to the Netherlands. Rebecca Parkes, who top-scored for the Hungarians with three goals, fired home the winner with 45 seconds left in the final quarter, while their goalkeeper Alda Magyari made 11 saves. “It’s a huge thing to beat the world champions,” Magyari told reporters. “It gives us huge energy …
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