USA overcome big deficit to see off France and win Women's World Cup

[p]In a ‌rematch of the 2024 Olympic Games final, the American ‌women came out on top once ‌more, earning their fifth consecutive World Cup ‌title and stretching their impressive unbeaten run ‌at the Olympics or World Cups to 20 years.[/p][p]The French had to settle for silver in ‌their maiden World Cup final appearance ⁠for their ‌best ever finish, despite leading by 14 points ​at one stage.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/usa/fkKQAvuh/"]USA[/a] captain [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/stewart-breanna/Ag5ZeJyq/"]Breanna Stewart[/a], top scorer with 22 points, helped ​her team carve out an early five-point lead, anchoring the scoring early on.[/p][p]But the French ⁠exploded into ​action, quickly found their three-point range and, led by [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/williams-gabby/UmRvaQrn/"]Gabby Williams[/a], went on a 21-2 rampage that saw them open up a ‌14-point advantage early in the second quarter.[/p][embed guid="942fb00a-2f59-4b46-9e8b-efe89d16fd84" url="https://x.com/FIBAWWC/status/2099223935141253331" social-type="twitter" /][p]The Americans started chipping away at the lead and trailed by just two points at the break after [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/clark-caitlin/lxaUStGA/"]Caitlin Clark[/a] hit a massively important three-pointer at the buzzer.[/p][p]Consecutive triples from [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/copper-kahleah/n7ECoPT0/"]Kahleah Copper[/a] and [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/young-jackie/AZt4w5nP/"]Jackie Young[/a] gave Team USA a 58-51 lead, and ‌they never looked back, with another Clark ​three-pointer stretching their lead to 19 ‌points at the start of the fourth quarter. The French could not break past a hard-working defence.[/p][p]Earlier on Sunday, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/6mbFVIw7/"]Spain[/a] secured the bronze medal, outclassing hosts [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/germany/8OCCQA3o/"]⁠Germany[/a] 81-58 in ⁠the match for ‌third place.[/p][p][a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/basketball/france-femUX0vr/usa-fkKQAvuh/?mid=YmvACmgU"]Check out the game summary from the final with Flashscore.[/a][/p]