US Olympic fans compare women's rugby hero Alex Sedrick to NFL legend as team break down in tears following epic victory

Alex Sedrick's marauding tally to triumph nan bronze badge for nan United States women's rugby sevens squad is already drafting comparisons to an NFL legend.

With nan United States down 12-7 to Australia successful nan dying seconds and heavy wrong their ain half, Sedrick received a flip and decided to spell for it. 

As 2 Aussie opponents tried to bring her down, Sedrick bulldozed Teagan Levi and had thing but an unfastened section successful beforehand of her.

Sedrick turned connected nan afterburners and ran astir nan magnitude of nan transportation to get nan effort which she past converted to seal a 14-12 win.

It's nan first clip that an American rugby sevens squad has medaled astatine nan Olympic Games.

Previously, nan US men's rugby national squad upset France successful nan 1924 Paris games wherever they won nan golden medal.

Players aft nan crippled were seen breaking down successful emotions arsenic they celebrated their celebrated victory.

As bronze badge victor Alena Olsen of Caledonia, Michigan put it, 'The uncertainty that creeps into your caput astatine each infinitesimal successful a title for illustration this is truthful strong. You don't want to put yourself retired there, but we put ourselves retired location for heartbreak. That's nan only measurement you tin get joyousness for illustration this, occurrence for illustration this, is if you put your bosom retired location to beryllium broken.'

In nan aftermath of nan triumph and nan run, a number of group drew parallels to nan celebrated 'Beast Quake' tally made by erstwhile NFL moving backmost Marshawn Lynch.

For those unaware, successful nan NFC Wild Card crippled for nan 2010 season, betwixt nan Seattle Seahawks and nan New Orleans Saints, Seattle's Lynch went connected a lengthy scramble to nan extremity area that progressive him shaking disconnected aggregate tacklers.

Lynch, whose nickname was 'Beast Mode' successful his playing days, helped lead his squad to triumph pinch that scamper connected that day.

The tally earned nan nickname 'Beast Quake' because it was besides notable for nan cheering of fans - which group disconnected adjacent seismographs and registered arsenic a mini tremor.

Earlier successful nan day, nan Americans took connected New Zealand to find who would conflict for nan golden medal.

Unfortunately for nan United States, they were defeated by nan Black Ferns Sevens 24-12.

New Zealand would spell connected to triumph nan golden medal, defeating Canada 19-12.