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USA Basketball tweeted that Griner’s performance set a new scoring record for a gold medal game.

In addition to all of the squad’s players, we also need to give coach Dawn Staley her flowers. Staley, the first Black head coach in the history of the U.S. women’s national team, announced that she won’t return as its coach for the 2024 Olympics in Paris. She was a long-time assistant for the team before taking over as coach in 2017.

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Staley said this to USA Today’s Dan Wolken:

“Our country has a lot of great coaches that can get the job done. Me, being part of I believe six [Olympics], that’s enough. I’m full, I’m full.”

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There was a lot of uncertainty going into this year’s Olympics due to the COVID-19 pandemic, but in the end, we know this for sure: to say that these women have done an amazing job representing our country is an understatement. Their efforts deserve every superlative known to the English language.