United States wins Olympic gold for women's basketball

  2008-08-23 16:02:16 GMT    2008-08-24 00:02:16 (Beijing Time)    Xinhua

United States wins Olympic gold for women's basketball

  BEIJING, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- Defending champions United States won their fourth consecutive Olympic women's basketball gold medal on Saturday, beating Australia 92-65 in the third final between two sides since the 2000 Olympics.

  The U.S. led the first half 47-30.