高中 自慰 Olympics | U.S. beats France 67-66 to win 8th straight Olympic gold medal in women's basketball
The U.S. women's basketball team clinched its eighth straight Olympic gold高中 自慰， while Australia took the bronze at Paris 2024.
PARIS， Aug. 11 (Xinhua) -- Gabby Williams' beat-the-buzzer long shot was counted as two points and France failed to pull down one of the biggest victories in Olympic basketball history， losing 67-66 to the United States in the women's basketball final at the Paris Olympics here on Sunday.
Trailing by 67-64 with three seconds left， Williams， who scored 19 points， made the basket on the top of the arc. The screen of the Bercy Arena flashed with "Three-pointer" and the whole stadium was in ecstasy until the referees confirmed it as a two-point shot.
This is the eighth time in a row the U.S. women's basketball team won the gold medal dating back to the Atlanta 1996， after their 61st consecutive victory at the Olympics.
Starting the second quarter on 17-9， the Americans failed to find their attacking power to let the hosts come back and even lead by 25-23. Napheesa Collier's layup tied it on 25-25 to avoid the first fall-back before the break in Paris for the U.S..
France had a dream opening in the second half with a 10-0 run for a 35-25 lead， the biggest margin in the match， but Collier's lay-up usurped their lead by 41-40 with 2:30 to go in the quarter.
A standing ovation of the packed Bercy Arena whistled the final quarter by 45-43 for the U.S.， and the two teams exchanged baskets to tie six times all the way up to 55-55.
Leading 60-59 with 1:32 left， the U.S. picked up their defence to extend the gap to four points before Williams made the last shot.
Australia defeated Belgium 85-81 to win the bronze medal， the first Olympic medal since the London 2012 for the three-time silver medalists.
草榴网After an even 37-36 first half， Australia opened up the lead by 52-42 before Belgium used a 17-5 run to make it 59-57.
Leading by 61-60 to enter the fourth quarter， Belgium fell back again by 76-69 after Alanna Smith's three-point play with just over four minutes left.
It was a three-point game on 81-78 with almost one minute to go， but Belgium couldn't get closer after that until Julie Vanloo's beat-the-buzzer 3-pointer.
Ezi Magbegor had 30 points and 13 rebounds for Australia高中 自慰， while Vanloo and Emma Meesseman contributed 26 and 23 points respectively for Belgium. ■
