No medal for U.S. women’s water polo after Netherlands’ last-second goal

NANTERRE, France — In a matter of days, the U.S. women’s water polo team went from the pursuit of a historic gold medal to going home empty-handed. It was quite a fall. The U.S. blew another lead Saturday and lost 11-10 to the Netherlands on Sabrina van der Sloot’s last-second goal in the bronze-medal game at the Paris Olympics. The U.S. had been the only program to medal in each women’s water polo tournament at the Olympics since it started in 2000. “We’ve talked about just trying to learn from...