{"id":114939,"date":"2024-07-30T05:10:38","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:10:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/u-s-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-suffers-family-tragedy-in-paris-during-olympics\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T05:10:38","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T05:10:38","slug":"u-s-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-suffers-family-tragedy-in-paris-during-olympics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2024\/07\/30\/u-s-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-suffers-family-tragedy-in-paris-during-olympics\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Water Polo Star Maggie Steffens Suffers Family Tragedy in Paris During Olympics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t<span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/tags\/maggie-steffens\/\" title=\"Maggie Steffens\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Maggie Steffens<\/strong><\/a> is mourning a tragic loss in her family amid the <strong><em>2024 Paris Olympics<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The three-time gold medalist is back at the Olympics again and competing for her fourth medal alongside the U.S. Women\u2019s Water Polo Team. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie<\/strong>\u2018s sister-in-law <strong>Lulu Conner <\/strong>traveled across the world to attend the games and tragically died while in Paris, rep for the team confirmed.<\/p>\n<p><strong class=\"hidearticle\"><em>Keep reading to find out more\u2026<\/em><\/strong><span id=\"more-2041838\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Reps told <em><a href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/olympic-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-sister-in-law-dies-in-paris-2024-olympics-8684974\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/people.com\/olympic-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-sister-in-law-dies-in-paris-2024-olympics-8684974&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">People<\/a><\/em> that <strong>Lulu<\/strong> suffered a \u201cmedical emergency\u201d last week after traveling to Paris to cheer on <strong>Maggie<\/strong>. <strong>Lulu<\/strong> was the younger sister of <strong>Maggie<\/strong>\u2018s husband B<strong>obby Conner<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Maggie<\/strong> told the <em><a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-2024-water-polo-paris-steffens-32ad85ca1d6fa70c3dc2235541390ab2\" onclick=\"getOutboundLink(&#039;https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/olympics-2024-water-polo-paris-steffens-32ad85ca1d6fa70c3dc2235541390ab2&#039;); return false;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Associated Press<\/a><\/em>, \u201cShe was so excited for the Olympic Games. We\u2019re really close. She\u2019s the light of the world. She just brings so much joy to everyone. She always brings people together.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt definitely helps to play,\u201d she added about how she\u2019s coping from the loss. \u201cI\u2019m like so out of body in a way right now. And I just keep trying to remind myself what <strong>Lulu<\/strong> would want and how she would be, you know, how can I embody her spirit the best. And <strong>Lulu<\/strong> was somebody that she gave 150% to everything she did.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re sending our thoughts on condolences to <strong>Lulu<\/strong>\u2018s loved ones during this difficult time.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0]; if (d.getElementById(id)) return; js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id; js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v3.2&appId=145071315902360\"; fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs); }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.justjared.com\/2024\/07\/30\/u-s-water-polo-star-maggie-steffens-suffers-family-tragedy-in-paris-during-olympics\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maggie Steffens is mourning a tragic loss in her family amid the 2024 Paris Olympics. The three-time gold medalist is back at the Olympics again and competing for her fourth medal alongside the U.S. Women\u2019s Water Polo Team. Maggie\u2018s sister-in-law Lulu Conner traveled across the world to attend the games and tragically died while in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":114940,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-114939","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-lifestyle"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114939"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114939\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/114940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}