The United States won their 16th Olympic gold medal in men's basketball on Saturday, while the men's baseball team were hoping to bring home gold to the sport's birthplace in the final against hosts Japan.
87-82 after losing two straight exhibition games in July and suffering a shock defeat to the eventual silver medallists in the preliminary round.
Japan's Mone Inami took silver in a playoff against New Zealander Lydia Ko at Kasumigaseki Country Club northwest of Tokyo.could not add to her six medals over the past two Games or become the first athlete to win four canoe sprint medals at a single Games. In the boxing ring, his countryman Sousa burst into wild celebration after knocking out Ukrainian Oleksandr Khyzhniak with a fierce left, turning around a fight he had all but lost to winSousa fell to his knees, screaming, and his team rejoiced as Khyzhniak staggered to his feet and demanded the fight continue.
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