Gold rush: U.S. looks to flatten France in basketball final

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The United States will hope history repeats itself when it plays France in the final of the men's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics on Saturday.

At the 2020 Tokyo Games, the U.S. and France played for a gold medal for the third time in Olympic history, with the Americans prevailing 87-82. The Americans also beat the French in the finals in 1948 and 2000.

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