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Holders the United States suffered a shock 89-79 loss on Wednesday to France in their Basketball World Cup in China’s quarter-finals.
The US had won the past two World Cups rather than lost a run, in 58 international matches.
The French battled back to take the victory, although france were 51-41 forward in the next quarter ahead of the United States went right into a 72-65 lead.
While Rudy Gobert ended with 21, evan Fournier scored 22 points.
France and Argentina in the semi-finals will play on Friday, together with Spain taking on either Australia or even the Republic in the game.
This is going to be the first time that the United States have failed to win a medal at the World Cup since 2002, when they finished sixth.
They have won the three Olympic titles as well as winning the past two World Cups.
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