Sunday, July 15, 2012

Results are in from Sakai, Japan as play concluded on Saturday at the World Ultimate and Guts Championship. After Team USA won gold in the Master's women division the American side looked to claim the gold medal in both the Open and Womens divisions.

Revolver, based out of San Francisco, had no trouble through out the entire tournament dispatching of every opponent in front of them. Going into the quarter finals they were undefeated, and had no trouble getting past Finland with a 17-7 win. Canada made it a challenge in the semis, but Revolver and USA got the win.

The Americans were set to face Great Britain in the final game for the Open title. Once again Revolver proved why they represented USA as they beat the British squad easily 17-5 to claim gold.

Fury, the women's representative for Team USA, faced host Japan in the finals. Having only two losses prior to the semis Fury defeated Canada to earn a spot in the championship game. Japan though was not willing to let the Americans take home a third gold medal, and pulled off the 17-13 victory over USA.

Team USA heads home with a pair of gold medals, a silver and two fourth place finishes at WUGC 2012. Congratulations to the American men and women of Ultimate. Go to the USA Ultimate site for more news and video. The past few days of Ultimate have been fun to follow, and hopefully it won't be long now before it becomes an Olympic sport.

The athleticism, talent and international enthusiasm for the sport are proof enough of just how much it has grown in recent years.

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