 The U.S. is ranked number one, but South Sudan nearly beat the Americans in one of these pre-event games before the Olympics. Every four years, wake-up call for the U.S. Olympic team seems to have arrived yesterday over the weekend. The Americans lost two exhibitions on the way to Tokyo in 2021, then lost to France to open the games. Then they rallied to win the gold by the end of it. They're going for their fifth straight gold.