Olympics-Basketball-US women go for gold again after rolling past Australia

Paris 2024 Olympics - Basketball - Women's Semifinal - United States vs Australia - Bercy Arena, Paris, France - August 09, 2024. Napheesa Collier of United States and A'Ja Wilson of United States during the match. REUTERS/Evelyn Hockstein

PARIS (Reuters) -The United States stampeded past Australia 85-64 into the women's Olympics basketball final on Friday, setting up a possible hoops golden double to close out the Games.

A day after the U.S. men clinched their spot in the showpiece match with a nail-biting win over Serbia, the women advanced with a drama-free blowout to leave them one win away from an unprecedented eighth consecutive gold and 10th overall.