Diana Taurasi confirms USA Basketball retirement after 2024 Paris Olympics.
At 42, Diana Taurasi is set to become the oldest woman to ever play for USA Basketball at the Olympics.Taurasi will captain the United States as it goes for its seventh consecutive gold medal, looking to add a record-setting sixth to her trophy case.
The star guard has been a mainstay on Team USA’s roster since she made her debut at the 2004 Athens Olympics. Twenty years and six tournaments later, many assumed the Paris Games would be her final go-around.
On Thursday, Taurasi confirmed that this Olympic run would be her last with USA Basketball in an interview with ESPN.
Diana Taurasi confirms USA Basketball retirement after Paris Olympics
“Well, it’s definitely it for USA Basketball,” Taurasi told ESPN’s Michele Steele when asked if the Paris Olympics would be her last.
“42, six Olympics. It’s just been such an honor to put that jersey on every single time.”
Taurasi continued, talking about what it would take for the United States to win its seventh consecutive gold medal.
“We always have that mindset when we play with Team USA. It’s about our country and it’s about doing the job.”
Taurasi already owns several records for both USA Basketball and women’s basketball at the Olympics. Take a look at where she stacks up in the record books going into her last dance.
Diana Taurasi Olympic records
Taurasi would stand alone in Olympic history if the United States can secure her sixth gold medal in Paris.
Taurasi trails the great Lisa Leslie (488) by 74 points for the most in United States women’s basketball Olympics history. She has a chance to break that record at the 2024 Games, but she would have to average at least 12.3 points per game.
You can find Taurasi’s USA Basketball and Olympic women’s basketball records below.
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