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Author Kyle Utsumi tells the story of the debut of women's water polo in the Olympic Games. Relive the historic journey of Team USA's path to the podium.

Joined September 2015
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The aquatics center in @cityofcommerce is named after @brenda4villa for a reason. The 4x Olympian has made it her mission to increase community access to water polo, giving kids just like her the opportunity to shine in the water, too. 🤽‍♀️🌴 #LA28 bit.ly/BrendaVillaLA28
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Access to water polo created so many opportunities for me and my community. I will forever be paying it forward in gratitude to the city that raised me and helped me dream big!
The aquatics center in @cityofcommerce is named after @brenda4villa for a reason. The 4x Olympian has made it her mission to increase community access to water polo, giving kids just like her the opportunity to shine in the water, too. 🤽‍♀️🌴 #LA28 bit.ly/BrendaVillaLA28
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Team 2000 Vote Challenge - The very first Women’s Olympic team challenges you to vote! @teamusa @usawp @cwpaclubs @cwpawaterpolo @americanH2Opolo
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Rosh Hashanah is September 18-20. We want any participants who observe this holiday to still be able to take part in the swim. We’re encouraging everyone to swim on September 26th, but if you have a conflict on that day you can swim any day that week.
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Every family should have access to a community pool in order to learn water safety. Stay tuned for my new project. #Aquatics4All #equityinaquatics
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Alliance Spotlight: Max Irving – USA MSNT (Long Beach, CA) "I'm excited to be a part of an organization committed to inclusion, education, and accessibility. Ultimately taking the necessary steps towards a more diverse aquatic community for all to enjoy." #theAllianceWP
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Alliance Spotlight: Ashleigh Johnson – USA Women’s Senior National Team (Miami, FL) “People of color belong in water polo, deserve to be here and can excel here, and they’ll know that because I’m here for them.” #theAllianceWP
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Alliance Spotlight: Genai Kerr – USA Men's Olympic Team, 2004 (Los Angeles, CA) "My DREAM is to support The Alliance and create a safe place for underrepresented athletes while increasing access and acceptance.” #thealliancewp
Amazing atmosphere, incredible finish! Read about this historic match in Sydney’s Silver Lining! amazon.com/Sydneys-Silver-Li… #waterpolo #olympics
An incredible moment for Australian Water Polo! 19 years ago our women won the first Olympic Water Polo gold medal at #Sydney2000!
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"If the youth can see more Hispanic women being broadcast in their sport ... they can envision themselves in that future." We caught up with 2x Olympic 🥇 @maggiesteffens to talk #HispanicHeritageMonth & her family ties to water polo! 📰: bit.ly/2mkUc93
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Laughter Permitted pod with @JulieFoudy @katieledecky & @swimone Lots of Olympic 🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇🥇 on that stage! And some white gold, too 🥈🤓🌲 @espnW @TYRSport
Laughter Permitted live pod hosted by @JulieFoudy - inspirational stories and advice from the funny, extremely humble, and very, very fast @swimone & @katieledecky. Fantastic! @stanfordwswim @stanfordathletics @TYRSport
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An American Water Polo Star Tries to Conquer Something New: Hungary nyti.ms/2HMUNu6
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Happy Women's Day!—March 1993 expansion of womens sports under #TitleIX brings @StanfordSynchro #StanfordWomensLAX, @stanfordh2opolo + scholarships, staff, facilities. Hear stanford.io/2oGne1k, read S&T 37.1 bit.ly/2FRpJVZ #WomensHistoryMonth #WomensDay #GoStanford
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Gameday at Avery! Big Splash 🌲vs 🐻 🕔 5:00 PT 📺 PAC12 Network @ Stanford Avery Aquatic Center instagram.com/p/Bf6ie2hB4tC/
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Baby G needed some inspirational reading before the Winter Olympics begin. Go #TeamUSA @wwpSilverLining – at East Palo Alto, CA
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Found our asst Kyle Utsumi’s book in @stanfordmag in @StanfordAlumni authors. Great read for waterpolo & all sports fans.
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