The 39-year-old basketball player, the daughter of Argentine parents, will be in the contest to be held in Tokyo.
United States begins to define men’s basketball team that will compete in the next Tokyo 2020 Olympics and in the meantime it has already been announced who will make up the female delegation what It will have the participation of Diana Taurasi, who has Argentine roots.
Diana Taurasi will go to the 2020 Tokyo Olympics with the United States
The experienced 39-year-old basketball player, who is the daughter of Argentine parents, will go for her fifth gold medal after having obtained it in the last four editions like her partner Sue Bird, who was also cited.
Taurasi is considered one of the best basketball players in history and the achievements throughout her career reflect all her talent. In addition to the Olympic medals he won two world titles (2010 and 2014), three WNBA rings (2007, 2009 and 2014) and 11 European titles.
The United States basketball players who will play the 2020 Tokyo Olympics
1- Sue Bird (Seattle Storm)
2- Chelsea Gray (Las Vegas Aces)
3- Skylar Diggins-Smith (Phoenix Mercury)
4- Jewell Loyd (Seattle Storm)
5- Diana Taurasi (Phoenix Mercury)
6- Ariel Atkins (Washington Mystics)
7- Napheesa Collier (Minnesota Lynx)
8- Breanna Stewart (Seattle Storm)
9- A’ja Wilson (Las Vegas Aces)
10- Tina Charles (Washington Mystics)
11- Sylvia Fowles (Minnesota Lynx)
12- Brittney Griner (Phoenix Mercury)
The path of America’s women’s basketball at the Olympics
In the competition, the women’s discipline will begin on July 26 and the American team, which holds 6 gold medals, will kick off their title defense on the 27th against Nigeria, in the preliminary round of Group B.
Sabrina Ionescu, absent at Tokyo 2020
The big surprise in the list of summoned by Coach Dawn Staley is the absence of Sabrina Ionescu, New York Liberty point guard, since at 23 he is the main promise of the WNBA. What’s more, He comes from making history in the NCAA as he reached 2,000 points, 1,000 assists and 1,000 rebounds, the best mark for both men’s and women’s basketball.