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Message: [QUOTE="BRS24, post: 5020338, member: 197"] Apologies, as The Athletic articles are not sharable, unlike the rest of the NYT. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/5550057/2024/06/08/caitlin-clark-paris-olympics-roster-womens-basketball/[/URL] [INDENT][I]The main roster indicates a preference for veterans with the selection of A’ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart, Diana Taurasi, Brittney Griner, Alyssa Thomas, Napheesa Collier, Jewell Loyd, Kelsey Plum, Jackie Young, Sabrina Ionescu, Chelsea Gray and Kahleah Copper, those sources said. [/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]Seven of the 12 players have Olympic five-on-five experience and two more have 3×3 experience, so there will be only three first-time Olympians — Thomas, Copper and Ionescu.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]The roster was selected by the women’s basketball committee, which includes South Carolina coach and former Team USA coach Dawn Staley, three-time Olympian and LSU assistant Seimone Augustus, two-time Olympian and Old Dominion coach Delisha Milton-Jones, Connecticut Sun president Jennifer Rizzotti and WNBA head of league operations Bethany Donaphin.[/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I][/I][/INDENT] [INDENT][I]It’s not entirely surprising that she didn’t make the team. The reality is the U.S. women’s basketball team, winners of seven consecutive Olympic gold medals, is the strongest collection of basketball talent in the world. [/I][/INDENT] [/QUOTE]