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| The United States men's basketball team cruised past Serbia to win their third straight Olympic gold medal. |
August 21, 2016
The Monday Morning Quarterback
Competition at the Games of the XXXIst Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil has come to a close, and soon, the flame at Olympic Stadium will be extinguished, bringing the games to a close with the United States, far and away, the winner of the medal tally.
On Sunday, the U.S. men's basketball team, led by Kevin Durant's 30 points, put the icing on the cake for Team U.S.A., cruising past Serbia 96-66, and clinching their third straight Olympic gold medal. The United States will leave Rio with 121 total medals (46 gold), 51 more than their closest rival, China, who earned 71 total medals (26 gold).
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| Kevin Durant is becoming Mr. Clutch for U.S.A. Basketball. The NBA star scored 30 points against Serbia, leading the United States to gold. Durant also scored 30 points in the gold medal game four years ago in London. |
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| The Americans dominated women's gymnastics in Rio, easily winning their second straight gold. |
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| Gymnast Simone Biles became the darling of the Rio Olympics by not only leading the American women to gold, but by becoming the fourth straight American to win the Olympic all around title, joining Carly Patterson (2004), Nastia Liukin (2008), and her Rio teammate Gabby Douglas (2012). Biles will leave Rio with five medals in all, also winning gold on floor excercise and vault, and taking bronze on the balance beam. |
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| Michael Phelps came into Rio already holding the title of most successful olympian ever, and he made sure to go out in style. Phelps added six medals in the 2016 games, including five golds. In his Olympic career, Phelps has won 28 medals overall, including 23 gold, both records. Phelps has said the Rio games will be his last, as he'll ride into the sunset on top. |
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| The United States nearly doubled it's closest competition in gold medals. Here are the top-10 nations ranked by gold medals won at the 2016 Olympics. See the full list at CBS Sports. |
For complete coverage of the 2016 Rio Olympic games, including the finally medal count for every participating nation, check out
NBCOlympics.com.
