Olympic hosts France impressed as they put on an all-around clinic to beat Germany 84-71 in the women’s basketball quarter-finals in Paris.
This will be France’s fourth straight Olympic semi-final appearance, as they had too much firepower for their counterparts.
Leading 23-19 after the first, the French burst into life with a 17-5 run at the start of the second, and Germany couldn’t respond, nor did they recover.
Marine Johannes came off the bench for a team-high 24 points for France.
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