Almost a month from Olympic Games Tokyo 2020 The teams that will participate in the long-awaited sports fair begin to be defined, and this Monday it was the turn of USA Basketball to present the list of 12 summoned players who will seek to endorse the gold medal in the sport burst in Japanese lands.
Headed by Sue Bird y Diana Taurasi, who are going for their fifth gold medal, the South Carolina coach, Dawn Staley, presented the list that also includes figures such as A’ja Wilson y Breanna Stewart.
The 12 American basketball players called up for Tokyo 2020:
- Sue Bird | Seattle Storm
- Chelsea Gray | Las Vegas Aces
- Skylar Diggins-Smith | Phoenix Mercury
- Jewell Loyd | Seattle Storm
- Diana Taurasi | Phoenix Mercury
- Ariel Atkins | Washington Mystics
- Napheesa Collier | Minnesota Lynx
- Breanna Stewart | Seattle Storm
- A’ja Wilson | Las Vegas Aces
- Tina Charles | Washington Mystics
- Sylvia Fowles | Minnesota Lynx
- Brittney Griner | Phoenix Mercury
The United States women’s team has won six consecutive Olympic Games gold medals, so in Tokyo 2020 they will seek to expand their domain.
“USA Basketball has never been in a better place. I am honored to be the coach of this incredible group of talented women, those who were named to the team and those who gave their all in recent years but will not be with us in Tokyo, “said coach Staley.
Tokyo 2020 women’s basketball will start on July 26 and the US team in particular will start the defense of his title on the 27th against Nigeria, in the preliminary round of Group B.