Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic ? The U.S. women’s basketball team has been running through the world championship, blowing past everyone.

As if the Americans weren’t having an easy enough time, the road to an eighth title got a lot less difficult with losses by defending champion Australia and Russia. Not getting a chance to face the team that knocked them out of contention for a gold medal in the 2006 worlds didn’t seem to bother the Americans.

“There’s no sense of disappointment where revenge goes,” said U.S. forward Tamika Catchings, who was on the team that lost to Russia four years ago. “Our goal is to win the gold medal. We’ll have to face a lot of teams. We got one more tomorrow, then we’ll focus on Sunday after that.”

The Americans, who routed South Korea, 106-44, on Friday, will have to beat Spain in the semifinals today to get another chance at gold.