The United States has dominated the Summer Games, winning a medal in every Olympic Games it has competed in (it did not participate in 1980 due to a nationwide Olympic boycott).

In total, the U.S. women’s basketball team has won eleven medals – nine gold medals, one silver medal (1976) and one bronze medal (1992). Since the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, the U.S. women have won seven gold medals in a row.

Brittney Griner knows that the face she shows to the world is often a mask.

She knows that what you see — the goofy grin, the 6-foot-4 kid who loves skateboarding and off-roading, the intimidating shot blocker on the basketball court — is only a fraction of the truth.

To outsiders, it looks like Griner has quickly moved on from her 10-month detention in Russian custody, a terrifying and isolating time that would have broken most people. When she poses for photos with fans while effortlessly throwing an 8-foot throw, it looks like everything is back to normal. But that’s not the case, and neither is she.