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SAINT-DENIS, France — The U.S. women's water polo team has been handed a rare loss at the Paris Olympics, falling 13-11 to Bea Ortiz and Spain in a rematch of the final at the Tokyo Games. The U.S. is going for its fourth consecutive gold medal. No team — men or women — has won four straight water polo titles at the Olympics. It was the program's second loss at the Olympics since it dropped the 2008 final. It went 5-0-1 in London, 6-0 in Rio de Janeiro and 6-1 in Tokyo. Ortiz scored five times on eight shots for Spain.
