USA Basketball won their eighth-straight gold medal with a hard-fought 67-66 win over France on Sunday.

With a gold medal in Paris, the USA Women’s National Team claimed the longest Olympic gold medal streak in a traditional team sport, passing the USA Basketball Men’s National Team who won seven straight gold medals from 1936-1968.

The basketball rules for the 2024 Paris Olympics are as follows:

Game time:

Men's basketball games are divided into 4 quarters, each lasting 10 minutes, for a total of 40 minutes.

Women's basketball games are divided into 4 quarters, each lasting 10 minutes, for a total of 40 minutes.

Team size:

Each team can bring 12 athletes to participate in the game, including 5 players on the court and 7 substitutes.

Scoring rules:

3 points for shots outside the three-point line and 2 points for shots inside the three-point line.

1 point for free throws.

Foul rules:

Personal fouls: A player will be ejected if he accumulates 5 personal fouls.

Technical fouls: A technical foul will be assessed for misconduct against the referee, opponent or spectators.

Two consecutive technical fouls will result in ejection.

Ball possession change:

The ball possession is determined by a jump ball at the beginning of each quarter.

After that, the next ball possession is determined based on the previous score or violation.

Timeout rules:

Each team can apply for 1 timeout per quarter, for a time of 1 minute.

Each team can apply for one timeout during overtime.

Overtime rules:

If the points of both teams are equal at the end of regular time, a 5-minute overtime will be played.

If the game is still tied during overtime, overtime will continue until the winner is determined.

There are some differences in the clothing for men's basketball and women's basketball games in the following aspects:

Top design:

Men's basketball uniforms are sleeveless, focusing on muscle lines and highlighting strength.

Women's basketball uniforms are mostly short-sleeved, maintaining feminine and elegant lines.

Bottom style:

Men's basketball pants generally adopt a loose thigh version to give more room for movement.

Women's basketball pants are mostly close-fitting, more modified curves, showing feminine charm.

Material selection:

Men's basketball uniforms pay more attention to wear resistance and breathability to cope with fierce physical confrontation.

Women's basketball uniforms pay more attention to soft and comfortable fabrics, taking into account sports performance and fashion sense.

Color scheme:

Men's basketball uniforms often have deep and atmospheric tones, such as black, blue, red, etc.

Women's basketball uniforms prefer fresh and bright colors, such as pink, purple, etc.

Detail design:

Men's basketball uniforms pay more attention to simple and atmospheric logos and stripes and other decorations.

Women's basketball uniforms tend to be soft and delicate embroidery, hemming and other elements.

Congratulations to the U.S. men's and women's basketball teams for winning gold medals at the 2024 Paris Olympics! This is an amazing achievement, and on behalf of everyone, I would like to express my sincerest blessings to these outstanding basketball players!

For the U.S. men's basketball team, this is a feat of reaching the top of the Olympics again after many years. In the fierce competition, they played an excellent team spirit and strong personal strength, and finally defeated all kinds of strong opponents and regained the status of a basketball power. These athletes interpreted the sports spirit of fearless struggle, unity and cooperation, and continued the glorious history of American basketball.

As for the U.S. women's basketball team, they lived up to expectations and won the Olympic championship trophy again. This team has a group of world-class stars. Under the careful planning of the coaching staff, they have exerted their all-round strength, overcome all obstacles, and finally successfully defended the title. This feat of defending the championship not only demonstrated the strong strength of the U.S. women's basketball team, but also demonstrated the extraordinary achievements of female athletes in the international sports arena.

Let us send our sincerest blessings to these basketball players who have won glory for our country! Their heroic performance on the court will surely inspire more people to join the sport of basketball and inject lasting power into the American sports industry. I believe that in future competitions, they will continue to shine and create more brilliant achievements!

Put on our basketball uniforms and let's win the championship together