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Team USA women’s basketball team rallies to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal

NEWSROOM WITH THE DETAILS. JOSH KATIE TODD. LOVELY TO SEE YOU BOTH. LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. THE AMERICANS STRUGGLED AGAINST SERBIA THURSDAY AND TODAY THEY CONTROLLED THE ACTION FOR MOST OF THE GAME AGAINST THE FRENCH, WINNING THEIR FIFTH STRAIGHT GOLD MEDAL AND A TRUE AWAY GAME IN PARIS. STEPH CURRY, IN HIS FIRST OLYMPICS, HAD EIGHT THREES, 24 POINTS. FINAL SCORE 98 TO 87 AND PERHAPS THE BIGGEST QUESTION COMING INTO THE GAME OTHER THAN WILL THEY WIN, WAS WILL JAYSON TATUM PLAY THE CELTICS ALL STAR NBA CHAMPION WAS BENCHED TWICE AGAINST SERBIA IN THESE OLYMPICS AS HEAD COACH STEVE KERR EXPLAINING THAT OTHER TEAMMATES WERE PLAYING WELL AND HE CAME OFF THE BENCH TODAY AS A CONTRIBUTOR TO HELP HIS TEAM GET THE GOLD MEDAL. BUT HE TOOK ONLY THREE SHOTS, MAKING ONE OF THEM WITH THREE REBOUNDS ON THE NIGHT. JRUE HOLIDAY ALSO CAME OFF THE BENCH. HE SCORED SIX POINTS, INCLUDING TWO IMPORTANT THREE POINTERS, AND HAD FOUR ASSISTS ON THE NIGHT. DERRICK WHITE DID NOT PLAY IN THIS ONE. THIS GAME WAS CLOSE, BUT UNLIKE THE SEMIS WHERE THEY TRAILED BY 17 POINTS, THE AMERICANS NEVER RELINQUISHED THEIR SECOND HALF LEAD. THE WOMEN WILL GO FOR THE DOUBLE.

Team USA women’s basketball team rallies to win eighth straight Olympic gold medal

Team USA women’s basketball is now the most dominant team in Olympic history.The team beat France in the gold medal game in the Paris Olympics by a slim margin onone point — the final score was 67-66.Related video above — Team USA men’s basketball wins gold: How Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday playedSunday’s victory brought the U.S. women’s legacy to 61 consecutive wins in Olympic contests and a record eight straight gold medals. It broke a tie with the U.S. men’s program that won seven in a row from 1936-68.Standout players Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and Kahleah Copper led the way for the team to rally to a win.This is a breaking news story, stay tuned for updates.

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Team USA women’s basketball is now the most dominant team in Olympic history.

The team beat France in the gold medal game in the Paris Olympics by a slim margin onone point — the final score was 67-66.

Related video above — Team USA men’s basketball wins gold: How Jayson Tatum, Jrue Holiday played

Sunday’s victory brought the U.S. women’s legacy to 61 consecutive wins in Olympic contests and a record eight straight gold medals. It broke a tie with the U.S. men’s program that won seven in a row from 1936-68.

Standout players Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson, Kelsey Plum and Kahleah Copper led the way for the team to rally to a win.

This is a breaking news story, stay tuned for updates.