Whaaa??? Japan stuns the U.S. in epic upset in Olympiic softball gold medal game

The primary reason softball is getting ousted from the Olympics is this notion that the U.S. dominated the sports so much, that it was crazy to include it in the Olympics.

... if softball needed any kind of argument to state to the rest of the world, that it should belong, team Japan made that statement with an epic 3-1 upset over the U.S. in the softball gold medal game to take the gold away from the U.S. after 2 previous losses to the Americans over the past week.

The scale of upset this game was: really, really, really, really, really huge in upset scale.
The U.S. had given up 2 runs in 8 games total, throwing 2 no-hitters in the process, and 2 previous wins against Japan, the first one being 7-0 ending after the 5 inning mercy rule.
The U.S. was also running on a 22 game winning streak going into the game.

Yukiko Ueno, the winning pitcher giving up 1 run in a 7 inning complete game said マウンドで鳥肌が立った。このために４年間やってきた。肩、ひじの調整がうまくできた。点をやらないことだけを心掛けた。

Right now the biggest story celebrated in Japan.
But overall, shocking that the U.S. somehow did not get a gold medal in a sport that's getting axed because the U.S. was expected to dominate it thoroughly.

The link below is in English.

http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/summer08/softball/recap?gameId=827