The 2024 USA Women’s Basketball Team
Team United States celebrate after their victory against Team France during the Women’s Gold Medal game between Team France and Team United States on day sixteen of the Olympic Games Paris 2024 at Bercy Arena on August 11, 2024 in Paris, France. Photo: Sarah Stier/Getty Images
A day after the U.S. men won gold over France, the American women followed suit, coming back from a 10-point third quarter deficit to defeat the host nation 67-66 in a tense game. Team USA was led by A’ja Wilson, who led all scorers with 21 points, and Kahleah Copper, who had 12 big points off the bench, including 10 in the fourth quarter. France’s Gabby Williams put up a heroic effort, scoring 19 and hitting a last-second shot that nearly tied it, if not for the fact that in the scramble to get it off, her foot went over the three-point line. This is the eighth consecutive gold medal for the U.S. women’s basketball team, and gave the United States its 40th gold of the Paris Games, pulling them level with China in the race for gold. The U.S. easily won the overall medal count, with 126 (China had 91 total medals, the second-highest mark.)
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