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The United States beat Italy 46-26 in Duesseldorf to win a record seventh flag football world title. They lost a match first — their first at a Worlds in 14 years.
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The United States are flag football world champions again. In Duesseldorf they beat Italy 46-26 in the final for a seventh world title — and they took the long way there.
For the first time in fourteen years, the USA lost a match at a World Championship, a group-stage defeat to American Samoa. The answer was three straight playoff wins over Japan, Mexico and Italy. The crown stayed home.
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Or open on InstagramThis was the first Worlds to double as an Olympic qualifier, with flag football bound for Los Angeles 2028. Tournament MVP Darrell Doucette accounted for four touchdowns in the final. On the women's side, Canada edged the USA 27-20 for gold.
Seven titles. One standard, in a sport about to meet the world stage.
ICNX. Wear your legacy.
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HIGHLIGHTS: Italy v USA | Gold medal match | IFAF World Flag 2026
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Or open on YouTubeDays after a fifth-place 100m finish, Richardson anchored the USA 4x100m relay to gold in Tokyo, edging Jamaica by 0.04s to clock 41.75.
Wins Olympic 1500m gold in Athens, redemption after falling in the 1996 final and taking silver in 2000.
At the Eugene meet, Faith Kipyegon lowered her own 1500m world record to 3:48.68, resetting the standard she had already set in the event.
Wins four consecutive World Championships 1500m titles (1997, 1999, 2001, 2003) — a record streak.