The victory also avenged a 15-point defeat to the French at the EuroBasket two years ago that prevented the Latvians from advancing to the 2006 FIBA World Championship for Women, and ensured that the Baltic side will play at the pre-Olympic qualifying tournament next year unless they win gold at the EuroBasket in Italy. Gold would put the Latvians straight into the Olympics. Gunta Basko, who has emerged as one of the star performers at the EuroBasket, spoke to Jeff Taylor after the win over France. More videos on www.fiba.com & www.youtube.com/fibaworld
