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Reuters

Associated Press

First overall WNBA draft pick Caitlin Clark has no bitterness about being left off the United States Olympic women’s basketball team, as the Indiana Fever guard said on Sunday that the decision gave her added motivation.
USA Today broke the news over the weekend that Clark had not made the cut for the team that will travel to the Paris Games.
Clark, the all-time leading NCAA scorer, confirmed the news to reporters.
“Honestly, no disappointment – it just gives me something to work for. It’s a dream, you know – hopefully, one day I can be there. I think it’s just a little more motivation,” Clark said. “Hopefully when four years comes back around, I can be there.”

The next Summer Olympics are in Los Angeles in 2028.
Clark left television ratings shattered in her wake during a blockbuster final collegiate season at the University of Iowa and brought her legions of fans to the WNBA, in what fans celebrated as a new era for the women’s game in the US.
Her exclusion prompted a flurry of debate, with the US team reportedly including an array of heavy hitters, including MVPs A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and Diana Taurasi, who is going for a record sixth Olympic gold medal.
Clark has averaged 16.8 points, 6.3 assists and 5.3 rebounds per game thus far in her rookie season.
Clark, who said she grew up watching the nine-times Olympic gold medal-winning US team, said she was informed before the report went public that she had not made the team.
“I’m excited for the girls that are on the team,” Clark said. “I know it’s the most competitive team in the world, and I know it could have gone either way of me being on the team or me not being on the team.

“I’m excited for them. Going to be rooting them on to win gold. I was a kid that grew up watching the Olympics. It’ll be fun to watch them.”
The US has won every gold medal in women’s basketball, starting with the 1996 Atlanta Games.
Clark said she received a phone call letting her know she wasn’t chosen for this year’s team.
“They called me and let me know before everything came out, which was really respectful of them, and I appreciate that,” Clark said.
“They did the same for every girl that made the team or every girl that didn’t make the team. There’s a lot of players in the Olympic pool. It wasn’t like I was the only one they had to call. They had to make quite a few calls.”

The US has specific selection procedures in determining who is on the national team that include availability, position played and versatility.
Based on her inclusion in the US national team pool, Clark could be chosen as an alternate if one of the 12 players is injured and cannot play. Anyone in the pool is eligible to be an alternate.
The six-foot (1.82-metre) sharpshooter, who put up 30 points in the Fever’s 85-83 win over the Washington Mystics on Friday, said there were upsides to the Olympic break.
“It’s going to be a great month for my body to, you know, just get rest, get healthy and just get a little time away from basketball and the craziness of everything that’s been going on,” Clark said.


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Indian Fever guard Caitlin Clark scored 30 points in her team’s 85-83 win over the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on Friday. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Clark had a blockbuster final college season at the University of Iowa and brought her huge following to the WNBA. Photo: Instagram

The US team include heavy hitters such as Las Vegas Aces centre A’ja Wilson. Photo: AP

Diana Taurasi (left) of the Phoenix Mercury is going for her record-sixth gold medal in Paris. Photo: AFP

Where is Zhu Ting? China’s women’s volleyball coach Cai Bin addresses Nations League flak

Chinese fans have queried the absence of Zhu Ting from their national team. Photo: Xinhua

Zhu Ting (left, alongside teammate Li Yingying) largely had a watching brief in Macau. Photo: Xinhua

Maddison Levi backing Australia’s rugby sevens ‘sisters’ for gold at Paris Olympics 2024

Levi brushes off the tackles of France’s Seraphine Okemba (left) and Marie Dupouy on her way to a try in the World Rugby Sevens final in Madrid on Sunday. Photo: AFP

Levi ended the World Rugby Sevens season with 69 tries, beating the previous mark she set of 57. Photo: AFP

Levi (second from left) with sister Teagan and their parents at the Hong Kong Sevens. Photo: Mike Chan

Levi says the Australian team go “through the darkness” together to win titles – and Olympic gold. Photo: AFP

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Hong Kong épée representative Cedric Ho Wai-hang wants to show he “won’t be frightened playing even the world’s top fencers”. Photo: Elson Li

Ho (left) says épée coach Nicola Lu Min helped him refine his technique “a lot”. Photo: Handout

Paris-bound fencers (from left) Cheung Ka-long, Daphne Chan, Cedric Ho and Vivian Kong. Photo: Elson Li

China volleyball team feel fans’ fury before Women’s Nations League in Hong Kong

China’s (from left) Wang Yuanyuan, Gong Xiangyu and Diao Linyu during the loss to Italy last weekend. Photo: Xinhua

Two losses in four games in Macau have led fans and experts to question coach Cai Bin. Photo: Xinhua

Fans, and outside hitter Li Yingying (right), are baffled by the omission of superstar Zhu Ting (left). Photo: Xinhua

Meet Angel Reese, WNBA’s fashion icon and Caitlin Clark’s ‘rival’: the Chicago Sky player may have subtly shaded Indiana Fever in a now-deleted post, and recently attended the Met Gala

Angel Reese departs The Mark Hotel before attending The Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute benefit gala celebrating the opening of “Sleeping Beauties: Reawakening Fashion” on May 6, in New York. Photo: Invision/AP

Chicago Sky forward Angel Reese at a WNBA basketball game against the Dallas Wings in 2024. Photo: AP

Angel Reese appears to be taking a dig at Caitlin Clark in a now-deleted post on X (formerly Twitter). Photo: X

Angel Reese attends the Met Gala in May 2024. Photo: AP

Angel Reese attended the Met Gala on her birthday. Photo: @angelreese5/Instagram

Angel Reese of Chicago Sky in a match against the Dallas Wings on May 15, in Arlington, Texas. Photo: Getty Images/AFP

Angel Reese captioned her post with, “i remember thinking …. she can beat me but she cannot beat my outfit”. Photo: @angelreese5/Instagram

Angel Reese in a brown bodysuit and a Cartier Tank watch. Photo: @angelreese5/Angel Reese

Angel Reese carrying an orange Balenciaga LeCagole bag. Photo: @angelreese5/Instagram

Angel Reese’s locker-room look. Photo: @angelreese5/Instagram

Angel Reese in her Y2K look with her silver Chanel bag. Photo: @angelreese5/Instagram

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Paris Olympics 2024

Her exclusion prompted a flurry of debate but the college sensation and Indiana Fever guard said the decision would give her added motivation


Her exclusion prompted a flurry of debate but the Indiana Fever guard said the decision would let get away from the ‘craziness’.


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