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Both Paris Olympics basketball finals will be between the United States and hosts France as the women’s teams followed the men with semi-final victories on Friday. The US team trounced Australia 85-64 while France needed overtime to edge out European champions 82-75. Brenna Stewart led the US team with 16 points as they went on a 12-0 run at the start of the second quarter for a 32-16 lead and never looked back. A 60th straight victory at the Olympics moved them within one of an eighth straight gold on Sunday which would be unprecedented in Olympic team sports. Coach Cheryl Reeve said “I am su…

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