Athlete: Alena Olsen, USA (2014-18)
| Date | Time | Event | Broadcast | If Qual./ Medal? |
Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sun 7/28 | 10:30 AM | Pool play v. Japan | CNBC, Peacock | 36-7 W | |
| Sun 7/28 | 2:00 PM | Pool play v. Brazil | CNBC, Peacock | 24-5 W | |
| Mon 7/29 | 9:30 AM | Pool play v. France | USA, Peacock | ||
| Mon 7/29 | TBA | Placing | USA, Peacock | * | |
| Mon 7/29 | TBA | Placing | Peacock | * | |
| Mon 7/29 | TBA | Quarterfinals | E! | * | |
| Mon 7/29 | TBA | Semifinals | USA | * | |
| Mon 7/29 | 1:00 PM | Bronze Medal Game | E! | *M | |
| Mon 7/29 | 1:45 PM | Gold Medal Game | E! | *M |
Format Notes
12 teams are divided into three groups for a three-match group stage. The top two from each group plus the top 2 third-place teams will go to the quarterfinals and enter the single-elimination bracket for a medal. Losing sides in all rounds will enter placement rounds.
Athlete Bio
Alena Olsen will go to her first Olympics as part of the US women’s rugby sevens side. She played club rugby at Michigan, and was named an All-American twice. Internationally, she helped the United States to a fourth-place finish at the 2022 Rugby World Cup Sevens. USA Rugby is currently ranked fourth in the world, and they will only play one team (France) ranked ahead of them in the group stage. They will be a favorite to get out of the group, and if everything goes chalk would find themselves in the bronze medal game.