Rio de Janeiro (AFP) - There has never been an Olympic dynasty quite like the US women's basketball team, which seeks a sixth consecutive gold medal in Rio to complete two decades of global domination.
The American women are on a 41-game win streak, having made five unbeaten runs in a row to gold since settling for bronze at the 1992 Barcelona Games where they dropped a semi-final to the former Soviet Union team.
Add in 1984 and 1988 gold medals and the US mark is 55-1 with seven of the past eight Olympic titles.
"It's just a special time in the history of USA Basketball, because of the level of talent that we have, with the opportunity to continue to make history with our legacy of winning gold medals," US forward Maya Moore said.