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Clark was unable to attend national training camp in Cleveland in April despite being invited because he was playing for the Iowa Hawkeyes in the Final Four. ESPNAccording to the paper, she scored a career-high 30 points in the game.
The U.S. will be bringing Diana Taurasi, who won gold medals five times during the Summer Olympics, and Phoenix Mercury’s Brittney Griner to Paris. according to To The Athletic.
The Olympic committee appears to favor veteran athletes over newcomers, even established athletes like Clark, according to the outlet, which said nine of the athletes selected so far have Olympic experience. (Related: Wow! Stephen A. Smith and Monica McNutt’s Caitlin Clark debate was supremely tense)
According to the outlet, Clark’s three-point shooting percentage was just 32.7 percent and her 67 turnovers were the most in the WNBA.
But Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy slammed the decision as “stupid” in a video posted to Twitter, where he argued that women on the Olympic committee are “grossing out for equal rights and equal pay.”
“For the first time in the history of basketball, we have the most popular player, arguably in the world,” he said. “This is a great opportunity, not only for her, but for the basketball world and the other WNBA players on this team.”
Leaving Caitlin Clark off the U.S. women’s Olympic team would be the stupidest thing to do. Stool President I have heard about it
pic.twitter.com/FlIX8L6NL5— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) June 8, 2024
According to ESPN, the U.S. team has won every gold medal in women’s basketball since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. The team is scheduled to play Japan, Belgium and Germany at the Games, the outlet reported.
