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United States' Angel McCoughtry, top, loses the ball against France's Edwige Lawson-Wade during a women's gold medal basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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Gold, again: U.S. women win 5th straight Olympic basketball championship

LONDON -- Expected to dominate, they did.. All those style points were a bonus.. The U.S. women's basketball team routed France 86-50 in the final Saturday, collecting their fifth straight Olympic gold medal and putting more distance between themselves and the rest of the world.

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