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Michael Voepel
ESPN.com
- Michael Voepel covers the WNBA, women’s college basketball, and other college sports for espnW. Voepel began covering women’s basketball in 1984, and has been with ESPN since 1996.
The U.S. women’s basketball team continues to do what it does best: win. The Americans are now 40 minutes away from making history.
Team USA cruised to an 85-64 win Friday over Australia in the first semifinals of the Paris Games, marking the program’s 60th consecutive Olympic victory.
The Americans will now play for an eighth consecutive, and 10th overall, Olympic gold medal Sunday against France. The French team came through after a close overtime battle against Belgium in the second semifinal. (With the USA men also taking on the hosts in the final Saturday, this will mark the first Olympics where the same countries are playing in the gold medal game for both men’s and women’s basketball.)
The Opals, who have six active WNBA players on their roster…
