In her third Olympics, Kelter is out to snap a 100-year title drought in rugby and achieve even more in Paris, with an eye toward the future.
Updated: 15 minutes agoTeam USA's Alev Kelter exchanges high-fives with fans on the second day of the HSBC SVNS 2024 in Los Angeles on March 2, 2024.
She joins cyclist Kristen Faulkner as the two representatives from Alaska taking to the world stage at the 2024 Paris Olympics as members of Team USA. “It’s an honor to represent everybody in Alaska but especially my Alaska who, back home, I know are training and soaking up the last bits of summer,” Kelter said.The Team USA women’s sevens rugby squad is heading into the 2024 Games looking like one of the top contenders fresh off a dominant showing at the Pan American Games. They claimed the first gold medal in rugby by a U.S. team in an international games since the men’s team was crowned Olympic champions in 15s rugby 100 years ago in 1924.
“Having France on home soil in the pool play games will give us a full stadium to get ready for the knock-out stages,” Kelter said. “We’re focusing on ourselves and know that momentum can shift at the drop of a hat. We’re mostly focused on being present and doing what needs to be done in that present moment.”
The team has been training with the U20 boys team to get different looks and prepare to counter teams with more speed. “My first Olympics, I had just played rugby for about two years, and in rugby terms, you’re really a novice. And I was like, ‘Oh my gosh, I can’t believe I’m here,’ ” she said. While she doesn’t have any Olympic medals to show for her previous two trips, Kelter has a good feeling that the third time might just prove to be the charm.
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