[the OlLine Rebel]

What do they mean they’re out?

How can they be out from one game?

[Vermont Lt]

I am not sure about THIS situation, but in other sports they start the “Olympic” competition early and a single loss might put them out of the medal bracket.

I am giddy with the thought.

[mmichaels1970]

What do they mean they’re out?

They're not out. That's GP for ya. The "out" part of this is a sentence saying that Sweden bounced them "out" of the 2016 Rio Olympics in the Quarterfinals, their earliest exit ever. Somehow in their weird way they are misinterpreting this to mean that the US is "out" of the current olympics.

The loss is enough of a story itself, but GP needs to put their signature "bombshell" on it I suppose. The emphasis below was theirs:

The US women’s team was just bounced from the Olympics. Via The AP:

The Americans, ranked No. 1 in the world and the favorites to win gold in Tokyo, were riding a 44-match unbeaten streak heading into the match. But Sweden, ranked No. 5, has been the U.S. team’s nemesis of sorts in recent years. The Swedes bounced the Americans from the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games in the quarterfinals, the earliest U.S. Olympic exit ever, by making a defensive stand