At the Paris Olympics in 2024, Team USA defeated the host nation, France, by winning gold in front of a boisterous crowd of French supporters.
Today, August 11, 2024, Team USA defeated France to win their 17th Olympic gold medal because to the play of Stephen Curry and Kevin Durant.
On Saturday, August 10, the men’s basketball team from the United States defeated France 98-87 to win their fifth straight gold medal, increasing Team USA Basketball’s all-time record of Olympic gold wins to 17.
The American basketball players had to pull off the triumph, as was to be expected, in a stadium where everyone was really hoping that Team France would win their first Olympic gold in basketball on home territory.
However, Team USA prevailed thanks to 24 points from Stephen Curry, 15 from Kevin Durant, and 14 more from LeBron James, who was donning a matching pair of gold sneakers. This game also acted as a rematch between the two teams that faced off in the 2020 Tokyo Olympics basketball final and had the same outcome.
Curry, 36, won a gold medal in 2024 for the first time, and it’s probably his last. Curry was left off of the 2012 Olympic team in London and was injured in 2016 and 2020.
