In Tuesday’s bronze-medal women’s rugby sevens match between the United States and Australia, the Americans were five points — and nearly the length of the field — away from a loss in the closing seconds.
That’s when Alex Sedrick took matters into her own hands.
Sedrick powered her way through, and then away from, the Australians to deliver a walk-off run that tied the match, and her subsequent conversion gave the United States the bronze medal. Watch as Sedrick finds an opportunity, then drops a stiff arm reminiscent of what we have seen over the years from Derrick Henry.
Sedrick’s run sent the American sideline into chaos, but she
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