Team USA has fulfilled its destiny.
On Saturday, the US won its seventh consecutive Olympic gold medal with a 90-75 win over Japan. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi became the first basketball players ever to win five gold medals.
“Not in my wildest dreams,” Bird said when asked if she thought she could win five gold medals. “That’s what makes it even more special. I never thought it was a possibility.”
“We were just asked, ‘What did you think in 2004 when you won your first one?’ I thought that was our last one,” Taurasi added.