Sorry Usain Bolt, however in the event that ever a contender was ensured Olympic accomplishment before rivalry started, this was most likely it.
The day after Jamaica's sprint genius finished his notable "Triple-Triple" of decorations, the US ladies' ball group guaranteed yet another gold at Rio 2016 Saturday as it trounced Spain by 101-72
Strikingly, it was the Americans' 6th straight Olympic triumph - a record extending to the Atlanta Games of 1996.
Saturday's win likewise proceeded with a 49-match Olympic winning streak and was agreeable even by the demanding guidelines of Team USA.
There were 17-point pulls for Diana Taurasi and Lindsay Whalen, with Maya Moore including 14 of her own.
Preceding Saturday's last, the US ladies had racked up a normal edge of triumph of 38.4 focuses over its seven recreations in Rio.
The nearest any group had come was France in the elimination rounds, and that match still finished with a persuading 19-point win for Team USA.
"It's truly amazing," Taurasi told correspondents Saturday. "We had an objective to win the gold decoration yet there's something more to it than that.
"It's not around one individual, one mentor - it's about, 'In what capacity would we be able to make this the best b-ball group ever?'"
The main rivalry to that title is prone to originate from past American groups. The US ladies now have a 65-3 Olympic record.
The last thrashing was the elimination round of the Barcelona Games in 1992 against the CIS - a group involved previous Soviet republics.
At the point when approached about acknowledgment for the group's 6th back to back Olympic accomplishment, forward Angel McCoughtry said, "That is incredible. We should be on the Wheaties box."
