The U.S. Olympic girls’s basketball group is now only one win away from an eighth consecutive Olympic gold medal after cruising past Australia in the semifinals of the Paris Video games. Staff USA will now play France within the ultimate on Sunday morning, with tip-off set for 9:30 a.m. ET.
The final time the U.S. girls’s 5×5 group misplaced an Olympic sport was within the semifinals of the 1992 Barcelona Video games, and their profitable streak has now reached 60 video games. To get to 61, they will must take down a French group that can have a raucous crowd behind them.
France is coming off a dramatic time beyond regulation win in opposition to Belgium within the semifinals and is on the lookout for its first ever gold medal in girls’s basketball. They’re going to have to play an ideal sport to tug off the large upset in opposition to the Individuals. Gabby Williams and Marine Johannes, two gamers WNBA followers can be very accustomed to, have led the way in which for the French to date.
When forming this Staff USA roster, the choice committee favored skilled veterans. Their collective resume is spectacular, to say the least, as each single participant has received a gold medal within the Olympics or the World Cup. The group is led by Wilson and Stewart, however the squad has loads othrer recognizable names, together with veteran guard Diana Taurasi, who’s competing in her sixth and ultimate Olympic Video games.
Staff USA roster
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Ahead |
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Guard/Ahead |
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Guard |
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Middle |
Phoenix Mercury |
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Guard |
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Guard |
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Guard |
Las Vegas Aces |
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Breanna Stewart |
Ahead |
New York Liberty |
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Diana Taurasi |
Guard |
Phoenix Mercury |
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Ahead |
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A’ja Wilson |
Ahead |
Las Vegas Aces |
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Guard |
Las Vegas Aces |
Staff USA schedule
2024 WNBA All-Star Sport (Phoenix)
- July 20: Staff WNBA 117, Staff USA 109
USA Basketball Showcase (London)
- July 23: Staff USA 84, Germany 57
2024 Olympics Group Stage (Lille)
- July 29: Staff USA 102, Japan 76
- Aug. 1: Staff USA 87, Belgium 74
- Aug. 4: Staff USA 87, Germany 68
2024 Olympics Knockout Stage (Paris)
- Quarterfinals, Aug. 7: Staff USA 88, Nigeria 74
- Semifinals, Aug. 9: Staff USA 85, Australia 64
- Gold medal sport, Aug. 11: Staff USA vs. France, 9:30 a.m. — NBC/Peacock
Staff USA outlook
The American girls haven’t misplaced a sport in a significant worldwide event since 2006 and haven’t misplaced a sport on the Olympics since 1992. They’re, by far, one of the best group on this planet, and are as soon as once more large favorites to take residence the gold medal on Sunday.
