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Cal Ties Olympic Medal Record

August 11, 2024
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PARIS – On the final day of the 2024 Paris Olympics, the California men's water polo trio of Adrian Weinberg, Luca Cupido and Johnny Hooper secured the bronze medal as USA defeated Hungary 11-8 in a penalty shootout. The final podium finish brought the Golden Bears to a record-tying total of 23 medals.

Weinberg earned player of the game honors for the fourth time in USA's last five outings in Paris, racking up an Olympic-best 16 saves and keeping Hungary out of the net on all four of its penalty attempts. That included three straight misses during the shootout. Weinberg finished his Olympic debut averaging 11.8 saves per game, totaling 94 saves and scoring one goal while playing nearly every minute at goalkeeper.

Cupido – who became the second Bear men's water polo player since 1952 to appear in three Olympics – scored a goal for the fourth consecutive game and fifth time overall. Hooper returned to the lineup and notched his sixth goal of the tournament, putting USA ahead 1-0 on a power play in the opening minutes.

It was the second time in the knockout stage that USA staged a late comeback to pull off a thrilling win, as the Americans erased an 8-6 deficit in the final three minutes of regulation. With his penalty shut out of Hungary, Weinberg conceded just four of the 11 penalties he faced over the final three games.

Nikolaos Papanikolaou was the only other Bear in action on Sunday, playing just under five minutes in Greece's 15-13 win over Spain in the men's water polo fifth-place game. Papanikolaou totaled three goals during his debut Olympic Games.

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Cal Ties Olympic Medal Record

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DiabloWags
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Not to take anything away from the accomplishments of our Golden Bears in Paris, but I don't think that anyone could have ever imagined the amount of success that Georgia Bell has had after her 2-year stint at CAL (2016-2017).

She never was a Pac-12 Conference Champion and never made it to the NCAA's.
I believe her best time while at Cal in the 1500m was 4:18.89 which ranked her 7th all-time at Cal.

Her 3:52.61 for Bronze (behind Hull and Kipyegon) that set a new British national record is simply mesmerizing.
It crushed her 3:56.54 set in July that was the second-fastest time in British history.

She's had an AMAZING 2024.

Kudos!


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Yeah her run in the 1500 was amazing. I didn't know she was even in this event but thought she was the 800. She came in 3rd place in the London Diamond league meet where she ran 1:56.28 behind eventual Olympic champ's Hodgkinson time of 1:54.81 & Reekie's 1:55.61. Too bad Athing Mu fell in US trials cause was really looking forward to a Mu vs Hodgkinson's run.
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is there a list of the Cal medal winners ?
HoopDreams
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I love the Olympics probably more than most, but there are so many golden moments in the games, including this one ...

https://instagr.am/p/C-lkbvhtNkt
DiabloWags
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I've been watching every single Summer (and Winter) Olympics since 1968.
I loved this Olympics!

And the closing ceremony was MAGICAL.
Maybe one of the best ever!

"Cults don't end well. They really don't."
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