LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Kevin Durant and even Joel Embiid will visit Tourcoing. In the first week of the Paris 2024 Olympics, the US basketball team will train at the Kipstadium, as announced The voice of the North. She will play her matches at the Pierre-Mauroy stadium in Villeneuve-d’Ascq, before returning to the capital in the second week.
In the first round of the competition, the Americans will face Serbia’s Nikola Jokic, elected MVP of the regular season for the third time in his career a few days ago. They will also challenge South Sudan and a final selection which will be known in July at the end of the last Olympic qualifying tournament.
The Blues at Wattignies
Team USA had also considered training in Orchies, at the Pévèle Arena. She should be housed at the Hermitage Gantois in Lille, again according to La Voix du Nord. A security system will be put in place especially for the team, so that they can train peacefully. The Americans are the reigning Olympic champions, having beaten France in the final at the Tokyo 2021 Games.
For its part, the French team should train at CREPS in Wattignies. The Olympic preselection was also revealed this Thursday, and, of course, Victor Wembanyama is one of them.
