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The US team, which won gold medals in the last six Olympics and is considered invincible, will also defend the title in Tokyo.
In the semifinals of Friday’s women’s tournament, the Americans 79:59 (25:12, 16:11, 17:16, 21:20) crushed Serbian basketball players and reached the final on Sunday.
Brittney Griner scored 15 points and 12 rebounds, 14 – Chelsea Gray, 12 – Breanna Stewart.
Yvonne Anderson, a naturalized American, was also among the Serbs and was the only one to score 15 double-digit points.
At that point, a considerable upset was registered in the following semi-final. Organized by the Japanese team 87:71 (14:22, 27:12, 27:16, 19:21) convincingly defeated the French basketball players.
The historic achievement of the Japanese was also marked by the Olympic record for women’s basketball. It was reached by the 28-year-old Japanese national team player, Rui Machida, who is 162 cm tall. He scored 7 points in a meeting with the French and had up to 18 assists, the same number as Luka Dončičius of Slovenia in the semi-finals of the men’s tournament on Thursday.
It is true that 18 passes in the men’s basketball tournament was not an Olympic record and Dončičius, unlike Machida, did not reach the final. The men’s tournament Olympic transfer record since 1976 belongs to Mexico’s Manuel Sáenz, who has assisted his teammates 20 times in a match against Japan.
Himawari Ahako added 17 points to the victory, Yuki Myazawa – 14.
For the French, Sandrine Gruda scored 18 points and Marine Fauthoux scored 13 points.
Rui machida
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To date, the best achievement of Japanese basketball players has been second place at the 1975 World Cup and fifth place at the 1976 Olympics. They are only participating in the Olympics for the fifth time overall.
The Japanese have become Asian champions 5 times.
The final of the women’s tournament for gold in Tokyo will take place on the last day of the Olympic Games, on Sunday, at 5.30 pm Lithuanian time. The fate of the bronze medals between Serbian and French basketball players will be decided on Saturday at 11pm.
The big and small finals of the men’s tournament will also take place tomorrow, Saturday. 5.30 pm the fight for the gold will begin in the United States and France, and at 2 pm for the bronze, Australia and Slovenia will meet.
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