Lynx cap dominant gold medal run with Minnesota cheers
Four Minnesota Lynx players were greeted with cheers Monday as they returned home with Olympic gold.
Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles, Maya Moore, and Lindsay Whalen were part of the U.S. Olympic women's basketball team that won a sixth consecutive gold medal on Saturday. They beat Spain 101-72 in the final.
Moore — who also played for the U.S. in 2012 — said at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport that she's proud to be included on such a dominant team.
"It's kind of mind-blowing to think about the legacy that we're fortunate to be a part of," Moore said. "We grew up looking up to a lot of the women whose shoulders we stand on. And now we can be those women that people look up to."
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This was the third time on the Olympic team for Augustus, a Lynx guard.
"Twelve great players got to get together in a short period of time to make things happen, to continue this legacy of winning six gold medals and keeping everything intact. So it's great to be able to experience that and it's great to be a part of it," Augustus said.
Lynx coach Cheryl Reeve was on the Olympic squad as well, as an assistant coach for the national team.
U.S. men's basketball from 1936-68 and Indian men's field hockey from 1928-56 are the only other group sports programs to win at least six straight golds.
The Lynx return to regular season play on Friday against the Connecticut Sun.