It's almost a little hard to comprehend.

But the last time the USA women's national basketball team lost an Olympic match was in Barcelona in 1992. After that, they have won 55 straight matches.

Also won seven straight Olympic gold medals.

On Sunday, the home nation Japan was defeated in the final by 90-75.

- It is 20 years of sacrifice, to prioritize away everything else and just want to win.

It's not easy to play in this team with all the pressure, but the group found a way to win and I'm just happy that this team got to enjoy it, says veteran Diana Taurasi, according to NPR, who now took her fifth Olympic gold.

Wrote history

Diana Taurasi, 39, along with national team mate Sue Bird, 40, became the first team athlete to win five Olympic gold medals.

Japan did not have much to oppose in this match.

But got to celebrate an Olympic silver - the country's first Olympic medal in basketball.

The women's basketball has been part of the Olympics since 1976. The United States has nine gold, one silver and one bronze.

In 1980 in Moscow they did not participate.

In total, they have only lost three matches in the Olympic context ever.

The US men also won Olympic gold in basketball.

Fourth gold in a row for the American men.