U.S. women's water polo team beset by tragedies keeps rare Olympic loss in perspective

For someone who has never known anything but the top step of the medal podium at the Olympics, the 14-13 loss to Australia had to be devastating.

Life is precious for me right now. And so for me, a loss right now is obviously hard. But moving forward.

That was a loss. Thursday's game was just a result.

And now we get another chance to do that and show, 'Hey, that was tough.' But this isn't anything new. Now we just need to come back, be stronger.

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