USA has maintained its stranglehold on Olympics basketball after the women’s team joined the men in beating France to claim gold on Sunday.
LeBron James and two of his men’s teammates, proudly boasting their gold medals at Bercy Arena, watched on in the crowd as the likes of A’ja Wilson and Kelsey Plum inspired their female counterparts to a hard-fought 67-66 final victory over the hosts.
It means America has now swept up gold in men’s and women’s basketball at the Olympics for five consecutive Games.
A’ja Wilson scored 21 points as the women’s team survived the biggest challenge of an unprecedented run to eight straight Olympic gold medals with a 67-66 win over France at the Paris Games on Sunday.
No team had been able to push the Americans during this impressive streak of 61 consecutive wins. Only two of those victories had been by single digits before the game against France.
USA has maintained its stranglehold on Olympics basketball after the women’s team joined the men in beating France to claim gold
LeBron James was watching on with his own gold medal after the men’s win on Saturday
The eight straight golds broke a tie with the American men´s program that won seven in a row from 1936-68. The women´s victory came less than 24 hours after the U.S. men´s team also beat France in the title game. This was the first time in Olympic history that both gold medal games featured the same two teams.
Unlike the men’s game this one came down to the final minute and one last shot by France that was just inside the 3-point line
More to follow.
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