The United States women’s basketball team is looking to stay golden. Winners of the past seven Olympic gold medals, the U.S. enters the Paris Games as the team to dethrone when the tournament tips off July 28.
Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, Nigeria, Puerto Rico, Serbia, and Spain are the 11 other teams that qualified for the 2024 Games, but the Americans are the overwhelming favorites.
The Americans haven’t won anything less than gold since 1992, a streak that started at the last Summer Games on home soil — in Atlanta in 1996. The U.S. men’s and women’s teams have combined to win 25 gold medals to date, 18 more than the rest of the world’s total.
The U.S. women’s team is currently tied with the U.S. men’s team for most consecutive Olympic gold medals. The men took home seven straight from 1936 to 1968. Both are the longest streak for golds in a traditional team sport in Olympic history.
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