The women's side will look to earn their eighth straight gold medal.
Team USA women's basketball dominated Australia in the semifinal of the Paris Olympics on Friday to secure their shot at history.
The 85–64 victory puts the Americans into the gold medal game once more. Should they win, they'll set a new Olympic record with eight consecutive gold medal wins. The standing record is seven straight golds, held by the U.S. men's basketball team, who finished first in seven straight Olympic Games from 1936–1968.It was a tremendous defensive performance from the U.S. side. Behind four blocks from WNBA MVP A'ja Wilson, they held Australia to 27 points in the first half.
The Americans don't yet know who they'll play with history on the line. France and Belgium are still on the docket in the semifinals; should France pull through, the host country will have both its men's and women's basketball teams playing for gold this weekend.Liam McKeone is a senior writer for the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated.
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