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Caitlin Clark has been invited to participate in the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, subject to Iowa’s season being over.
Caitlin Clark has been invited to participate in the USA Basketball national team training camp during the Final Four in Cleveland, subject to Iowa’s season being over.
The all-time NCAA Division I scoring leader has won three gold medals with USA basketball junior teams, most recently as a member of the 2021 U19 squad.
Clark, the likely No. 1 draft pick in the WNBA Draft on April 15 by the Indiana Fever, has been a college basketball graduate. Nearly 5 million people watched the Hawkeyes’ second-round game against West Virginia on Saturday.
Five-time Olympic champion Diana Taurasi is one of nine former Olympians who will take part in the camp’s training camp from April 3-5. The others are Ariel Atkins, Chelsea Gray, Brittney Griner, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Breanna Stewart, A’ja Wilson and Jackie Young.
Former WNBA Rookie of the Year winners Aliyah Boston and Rhyne Howard will also participate, along with Sabrina Ionescu and Shakira Austin.
The United States went 3-0 last month at the FIBA ​​Women’s Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Belgium. The Americans beat the host nation 81-79 on a last second shot by Stewart. They went on to beat Nigeria and Senegal.
The Americans have won gold in every Olympic Games since the 1996 Atlanta Games. They will face Belgium again in pool play at the Olympics. The Americans will also play Japan in a rematch of the gold medal game at the Tokyo Olympics, as well as Germany.
The United States is expected to name its roster later this spring.
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