The U.S. tennis title game at the olympics: The Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff and the women’s basketball team
The olympic title game between powerhouse and host was one of the hottest tickets of the Olympics, with the French president filling the stands. U.S. The International Olympic Committee president, along with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, former NBA players, and the retired US soccer player Megan Rapinoe, mention the Second Gentleman Doug Emhoff.
The US has won a gold medal in every Olympics except 2004, when Argentina and the U.S. settled for bronze.
The French crowd was relentless in its cheers of “allez les bleus” and its jeers of Joel Embiid, the Cameroon-born NBA All-Star who last year rejected the advances of the French national team. At the Olympics, they booed every time he touched the ball.
One of the two players who France leaned on was 7-footers Wembanyama and Yabusele, both of whom were named NBA rookies of the year in May. Together, they scored 46 of France’s 87 points.
Curry scored nine three-point baskets, which proved to be the difference in the game. On Saturday, he helped to seal the win with four long balls in the final three minutes. Four of the 10 U.S. players scored in double digits. Curry ended with 24 points.
Led by A’Ja Wilson, who scored 21 points, the U.S. women’s team beat France on Sunday, 67-66, becoming the first basketball team in Olympic history to win eight consecutive gold medals. The US has won 61 games at the Summer Games in a row.
It was France’s first appearance in the Olympic gold medal basketball game since the 2012 Games in London, when the U.S. beat France by 36 points. Australia and France won the bronze medal by beating Belgium in the third-place game on Sunday.
Team USA has won at least one gold medal in the last five Olympics and 17 times in Olympic history. And it may be its most impressive yet, as international basketball has grown more competitive than ever.
As soon as the anthem started tears started coming down my face, as I was on the podium. “I didn’t think I would be here, like I said before, and then to be here, winning gold for my country, representing when my country fought so hard for me to even be standing here. I am fortunate to win a gold medal, and I will have a special place in my heart for it.
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Young, who had been the leading scorer for the US team in the playoffs, did not want to play in the fourth quarter. They were down before they got key three-pointers and free throws from Mrs. Plum.
“We had a hard time getting to our identity of being able to play and transition and score,” said U.S. women’s basketball coach Cheryl Reeve. “We were the two best defensive teams in the tournament, and we both showed that. It was ugly for a reason. We had to make it hard for each other.
The Americans didn’t win with ease, as they were tested by the French team and a huge pro- French crowd at Bercy Arena. They were treated to a heart-stopping moment with France star Gabby Williams sinking a long-range jumper at the buzzer. The USA won the game because the shot was ruled a two-pointer, not a three.
It was not very nice. Breanna Stewart told reporters after the event that regardless of how ugly it was, they were still able to come out on top.