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[QUOTE="Zarathustra, post: 5287185, member: 11285"]
You are most welcome!  My hunch about the "why" of 3X3 being an
Olympic Sport is that "FIBA" has Organized Worldwide competition
in basketball for YEARS!  FIBA stands for "Federation Internationale de
Basketball". It was organized on June 18, 1932.   FIBA has divided the
international basketball world into 5 zones with 212 National Federations being members.  To answer #2: FIBA is the WORLD governing body for the sport
of Basketball!  They organized the events and set the rules! For example, if
you look at the FIBA basketball "refs" they are men and women from
essentially every country in the world!   N.B.  Mongolia is a very active
member in the 3X3 international community.! For more information
check out FIBA by googling and reading the Wikipedia site.   
        On the 5X5 side of things: The USA women's U16 team which was just selected will be competing in the FIBA AMERICAS Championship in Irapuato, Mexico from June 16 to June 22,2025.
        UCONN POI who are on that team:  Ivanna Wilson Manyacka, H.S.
class of 2027.  She is 6'2" from the state of Maryland, and Oliva Jones,
H.S. class of 2026. Olivia is 5'11" and she plays for Long Island Lutheran
H.S.  By the way H.C. Kim Mulkey of LSU has already set her sights on the "Big Girl" on this USA team:  Caroline Bradley, the 6'5" center (age 16) from Louisiana. Ms.
Bradley is the current Gatorade POY for Louisiana.
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