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France and Rudy Gobert beat Australia and Joe Ingles, 67-59 for bronze medal at World Cup

Beijing • France has another bronze medal in the World Cup to go with one it won in 2014 — a measure of its world basketball status.

Australia still has none. Not a single medal in the Olympics, and now it's also been shut out at the World Cup.

France defeated Australia 67-59 on Sunday to take the third-place game as the World Cup wraps up a two-week run across China.

The Boomers are 0-4 in Olympic bronze-medal games, and now 0-1 in the World Cup — previously known as the world championship.

Nando De Colo scored 19 to lead France with 16 from Evan Fournier.