The basketball players the United States (EU), led by Britney Griner and A’ja Wilson, were proclaimed Olympic champions by seventh consecutive time, surpassing 90-75 at Japanese in the final of the Tokyo Games 2020, this Sunday in Saitama.
It is oro is the ninth conquered by the US team in eleven appearances in the Olympic Games. Also the fifth, in a personal capacity, to Sue Bird y Diana Taurasi, 40 and 39 years old respectively.
Both enter a select club crowned athletes in 5 different editions of the Games, joining the British rower Steve Redgrave, the canoeist german Birgit Fischer, the fencers húngaros Pal Kovacs, Aladar Gerevich and the Italian Valentina Vezzali, and the riders in general Reiner Klimke e Isabell Werth.
USA and its history that is worth gold
state United remains undefeated in official competitions of basketball feminine since September 2006 and now has 55 consecutive victories in Olympic Games matches. An exceptional streak that began in Barcelona-1992, with the duel won to then hang the bronze.
In the end, state UnitedAs expected, she imposed her superiority and logic against the surprising Japanese players, who had eliminated Belgium in the quarterfinals and France in the semifinals, contributing a new air to the landscape of basketball feminine.
The final was followed in the stands by the footballer Megan Rapinoe, bronze in Tokyo-2020 with the US national team and Sue Bird’s partner.
Also present were the players of the men’s team Jrue Holiday and Bam Adebayo, as well as coach Gregg Popovich.
Saturday, state United had achieved the oro in the basketball male by defeating France 87-82.
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