Steffens

Even Lincoln Steffens, the celebrated muckraker who testified on his behalf at trial, wrote in a private letter: “������ do I care if he is guilty as Hell.”

Then days before the opening ceremony, Lulu Conner, the sister-in-law of U.S. captain Maggie Steffens, suffered a fatal medical emergency in Paris.

“Water polo, women’s water polo specifically, may not be the most popular sport or on everyone’s radar,” Steffens said, but she said support was essential.

In May Flavor Flav saw an Instagram post from the team’s U.S. captain Maggie Steffens where she spoke about her team’s financial struggles despite their three gold medal victories before these games.

“There’s been a lot of adversity outside of water polo that we faced,” said Steffens, who dropped a bouquet into the Seine during the opening ceremony in Conner’s memory.