USA Basketball’s roster for next month’s training camp features 11 gold-medal-winning athletes, including veterans Diana Taurasi, Elena Delle Donne and Angel McCoughtry.
The roster, announced Tuesday, is rounded out by Ariel Atkins, Napheesa Collier, Kahleah Copper, Allisha Gray, Sabrina Ionescu, Betnijah Laney, Kelsey Plum and Jackie Young, all of whom have previously taken home Olympic or World Cup golds with Team USA.
Natasha Howard, Marina Mabrey, Arike Ogunbowale and Brianna Turner also earned call-ups to training camp.
Taurasi, the WNBA’s all-time leading scorer and who is currently a free agent, and close friend Sue Bird, who retired last month, already own a record five Olympic gold medals, first competing on that stage with Team USA at the 2004 Games in Athens.
Taurasi would be 42 years old when the Paris Olympics begin in 2024.
Two-time Olympian Brittney Griner, who was released from a Russian prison and freed in a dramatic high-level prisoner exchange in December, notably was not on the…
