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U.S. Women's Water Polo Completes a Three-Peat, Takes Home Gold in Tokyo

The U.S. women's water polo team does it again.

The squad won its third consecutive gold medal in the Summer Games with a commanding 14-5 victory over Spain on Saturday. The players asked the U.S. coach to remove his cell phone from his pocket at the end of the match before throwing him into the pool as they celebrated.

Maddie Musselman, who was a part of the Rio 2016 gold medalist team, scored three goals while goalkeeper Ashleigh Johnson, also a Rio 2016 gold medalist, tallied 11 saves for the win.

This is not the first time the U.