The 2024 Paris Olympics start subsequent month, however Caitlin Clark reportedly will not be representing america on the video games.
Clark is anticipated to be left off the 12-player roster for Crew USA ladies’s basketball, in line with The Athletic on Saturday.
The roster reportedly contains A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Younger, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Grey and Kahleah Copper. Thomas, Copper and Ionescu will likely be first-time Olympians, and Taurasi will break the worldwide report by collaborating in her sixth Olympics.
Crew USA has gained gold at each Olympics since 1996, and this yr’s ladies’s basketball crew will as soon as once more be the favourite in Paris.
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Clark has taken the WNBA by storm constructing off her momentum from her Iowa Hawkeyes profession. She has by no means performed for the senior nationwide crew and solely has performed on the youth stage in worldwide play. Clark obtained an invite in March to attend Crew USA’s closing coaching camp however was unable to take part as a result of Iowa was within the Ultimate 4.
The 22-year-old, her Indiana Fever teammate Aliyah Boston and Connecticut Solar ahead Brionna Jones possible will likely be alternates if somebody on the roster is unable to play.
