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The Australian mens rugby sevens team suffered an upset quarter-final loss in the Dubai Sevens, losing 21-12 to Wales before recovering to finish fifth in the tournament.South Africa won the competition, beating Olympic gold medallists and two-time defending series champions Fiji 26-14 in the final.Wales were first to strike against Australia, going out to a 7-0 lead before the men in gold levelled the score.Simon Kennewell then scored to give Australia a 12-7 lead at the break before Wales came roaring back with 14 unanswered points to take the victory.The loss left the team and coach Andy Friend heavily disappointed.Credit to Wales they are a good aside and they played better than us and they took their chances, he said.The loss seemed to steel the Australians and they went on to beat New Zealand 20-12 and then Scotland 19-12.The win over New Zealand saw tries to Boyd Killingworth, Sam Myers, Henry Hutchison and Alex Gibbon.Myers was again at the heart of the scoring against Scotland.He burned the covering the Scottish defence after a solid passage of play to take the score 5-0, before a late converted try to the Scots gave them the 7-5 lead heading into the break.The second half saw the same struggle between the two teams as defence was the order of the day on tired legs.Again, Australia struck first with a try that allowed the men in gold to take the lead 12-7 before Tim Anstee buried the Scots with a late try.Friend was happy with the way his team bounced back and especially happy to get past New Zealand.Its massive for us to beat New Zealand, its a good feeling and the performance we put out against Scotland was special for the team, he said.Frank Thomas Jersey . 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Molly Huddle, the pre-eminent American distance runner on the track, has taken that ride twice as the elite athlete recruiters have targeted her almost since the London Olympics ended four years ago.On Sunday morning, that long courtship will come to fruition when Huddle, the American record holder of the 10,000 meters on the track, toes the start line in Fort Wadsworth on Staten Island, and finally tackles her first marathon.Related story from Competitor.com: How to watch the NYC MarathonRelated story from Competitor.com: 45 reasons we love the NYC MarathonHuddle is no stranger to the streets of the Big Apple, having won the United New York City Half Marathon the past two years-her most recent 1:07:41 win set an American record for a womens-only race by more than 50 seconds-and having raced there 15 other times. And whiile most might consider her métier to be on the synthetic oval, based on her 30:13.dddddddddddd.17 American record set this summer at the Rio Olympic Games shes equally adept on the roads, having won seven U.S. titles on the macadam at distances from 5K to 20K.Ive raced well on the roads, and on the roads in New York, Huddle said. I think I can handle that hilly, potholed, cross-country type course. Thats what a lot of people say is the challenge of New York. I think the 26.2 distance is whats going to be the shocker.Its impossible to predict what Huddle can run in her debut marathon, but her background and fitness suggest shes probably capable of running in the 2:22 to 2:26 range if all goes well.(The fastest debut marathon by an American woman is 2:25:53, set by Kara Goucher in New York in 2008.) But the marathon is a different beast, especially at the elite level, and many variables can swing the outcome. Plus, Huddles buildup for her debut had to be somewhat shoehorned into the relatively short time between the Olympics and New York.Click here to read the full story from Competitor.com. ' ' '