USA players celebrate their victory at the end of the women’s basketball final between the USA and Japan during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This was the team’s seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal.
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USA players celebrate their victory at the end of the women’s basketball final between the USA and Japan during the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games. This was the team’s seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal.
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TOKYO – The US women’s basketball team was simply gold at the Tokyo Olympics. The United States defeated hosts Japan 90-75 to win the gold medal and continue a string of unparalleled titles and victories at the Olympics.
The United States has not lost at the Olympics since the 1992 Barcelona Games – an impressive stretch of 55 consecutive wins. This victory gave the United States its seventh consecutive gold medal.
Led by veterans Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, who each took home their fifth gold medals (the first basketball players to do so), the team’s players are WNBA stars including Breanna Stewart, Brittney Griner, A’ja Wilson, Tina Charles and Sylvia Fowles.
Griner led all scorers with 30 points (Olympic record in the gold medal game). Wilson entered at 19. Stewart finished with 14 points and 14 rebounds.
The United States team stands for the national anthem before the women’s basketball final on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Super Arena.
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The United States team stands for the national anthem before the women’s basketball final on Sunday at the Tokyo Olympics at the Saitama Super Arena.
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