US women's basketball wins fourth straight gold
(AP Photo/Dusan Vranic)
BEIJING (AP) Lisa Leslie stood on the medal stand one last time, smiling ear to ear and swaying while belting out the national anthem with her four gold medals hanging around her neck.
The fitting ending to the perfect Olympic career.
"I just decided it would be great to bring them with me," Leslie said. "My vision and my dream was to have four gold medals around my neck by the time we finished the last game here in Beijing."
Summer Games News
- Sunday, August 24, 2008 -
OLYMPICS_DOLY_BKW Headlines
- US women's basketball wins fourth straight gold
- Hammon leads Russia to women's basketball bronze
- US women's basketball advances to gold medal game
- Leslie looks to win fourth straight gold medal
- Aussie Lauren Jackson to have surgery
- US women's basketball back in medal round
- Fowles, US beat South Korea in women's basketball
- Russia beats Spain, advances in women's basketball
- Jackson, Aussies no stranger to China coach Maher
- Jackson, Aussies rout Czechs in women's basketball
| Medal Count | ||||
| Total | ||||
| G | S | B | Total | |
| USA | 36 | 38 | 36 | 110 |
| CHN | 51 | 21 | 28 | 100 |
| RUS | 24 | 21 | 28 | 73 |
| GBR | 19 | 14 | 15 | 48 |
| AUS | 14 | 15 | 17 | 46 |
| GER | 17 | 10 | 15 | 42 |
| FRA | 7 | 16 | 17 | 40 |
| KOR | 13 | 10 | 8 | 31 |
| ITA | 8 | 10 | 10 | 28 |
| UKR | 7 | 5 | 16 | 28 |
| Full Medals Table | ||||
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