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Paris Olympics: France face US in women's basketball final
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8/11/2024
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Like the French men's basketball team last night the French women know that
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they have a tough task ahead of them if they're going to dethrone the U.S. here
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at Bercy Arena. They last played the U.S. in a final back in London in 2012
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which they lost. They did though get the bronze in Tokyo three years ago but that
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said that the Americans are the overwhelming favorites here today. They
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are perhaps even more unbeatable and invincible than the men
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because they are looking for their eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal.
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They haven't lost a game at the Olympics since 1992. It's one of the longest
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winning streaks in Olympics history. France on the other hand had the one
00:43
loss against Australia in the group stages. Other than that they've been
00:46
looking pretty strong but the USA have really coasted through this entire
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tournament. They've won all their games by double digits. The French pulling
00:55
off an impressive win against the European champions of Belgium to put
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their spot in the final 81 to 73. But this U.S. team is going to be very
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intimidating because every player on the roster has either already won an
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Olympics or is a world champion. So a pretty intimidating one for the French
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even if they will have the home crowd on their side. And just a little one, a
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little fact for you Jenny, this is quite a big matchup for the Americans because
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they are currently one gold medal behind China in the medal table. China
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are currently top of that medal table with 40 gold medals. The U.S. have 39 and
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will overtake them if they get one more gold medal because they have far
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more medals overall in the total which would see them go into first position in
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the medal table.
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