The U.S. rugby sevens team that includes Zack Test, a native of Redwood City who attended the Ronald C. Wornick Jewish Day School in Foster City, finished ninth out of 12 teams at the Rio Olympics.
The Americans, ranked sixth in the world entering the Olympic tournament, failed to make it out of the preliminary rounds — losing to Fiji and Argentina, and then defeating host Brazil. The U.S. squad then defeated Brazil again and won 24-12 against Spain on Thursday to take ninth place.
Test, 26, was one of two Jews on the U.S. team. The other was Nate Ebner, who took a leave of absence from his job as a safety and special-teams player for the NFL’s New England Patriots.
Rugby sevens, a quicker-paced version of the 15-person game, was making its Olympic debut this year. Rugby hadn’t been played at the Summer Games since 1924.
In rowing at the Rio Games, the U.S. coxless four team that includes Seth Weil, 29, of Menlo Park, finished fourth in its semifinal
Thursday
and failed to advance to the final.