A water polo superstar broke her nose mid-match, gushed blood into the pool, and returned days later to set an Olympic record
![Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CvyPy3-WYAAtYJO.jpg)
Cold War Project on X: "#OnThisDay Hungary and the USSR compete in water polo at the 1956 Melbourne Olympics in the famous "Blood in the Water" match https://t.co/NJ8U3OXmyW" / X
Academy Waterpolo - WATER POLO NEEDS TO GO EXTREME IN ORDER TO BECOME MORE POPULAR! Ask any non-water polo person about our game and they either refer to the famous 'Blood in
![US water polo captain Maggie Steffens returns from bloody cut on nose in dramatic win over China | Daily Mail Online US water polo captain Maggie Steffens returns from bloody cut on nose in dramatic win over China | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/07/26/14/45906527-0-image-a-8_1627305494032.jpg)