Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark has no plans to go to Paris this summer. 2024 Olympics, According to multiple reports.
WNBA The phenom was left out of the final squad after missing National Basketball Association training camp in April because of the NCAA Tournament, The Associated Press reported, citing sources.
Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark, wearing number 22, celebrates after scoring in the third quarter against the Washington Mystics at Capital One Arena on June 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Greg Fiume/Getty Images)
The decision was first reported by The Athletic.
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Clark was originally named to the 14-man national team for training camp in Cleveland, Ohio, in early April. But the former Iowa star was Hawkeyes They made it to the finals but lost to South Carolina for the second straight year.
Nine other Olympians have been invited to the camp, including five-time Phoenix Mercury gold medalist Diana Taurasi, who is also expected to return.
The final roster has yet to be announced, but Fever teammate Aliyah Boston was also named to the national team training squad in April.
Team USA celebrates with their medals after defeating Team Japan 90-75 in the women's gold medal match on day 16 of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan, on August 8, 2021. (Abby Parr/Getty Images)
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The news comes amid Clark's growing popularity in the women's basketball world, with both professional and women's college basketball teams seeing sold-out games and record-breaking viewership.
On Friday night, Clark scored a career-high 30 points in an 85-83 victory over the winless Washington Mystics. The attendance was on par with that of the NBA.
The Mystics played the game at Capital One Arena and drew a sold-out crowd of 20,333, the largest attendance for a WNBA game since 2007. By comparison, the Mystics' usual venue, the Entertainment and Sports Arena, seats just 4,200.
Indiana Fever player Caitlin Clark, wearing number 22, watches the team play against the New York Liberty during the 2024 Commissioner's Cup match on June 2, 2024 in Brooklyn, New York. (Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images)
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The decision to leave Clarke out of the final line-up sparked an outcry on social media.
Former U.S. men's soccer star Alexi Lalas recently He told Fox News Digital Clark's lawyer, who asked about his appeal, was among those criticising the sentence.
“I don't know enough about U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball to know if the exclusion of Caitlin Clark is taken lightly, but I do know that at this point, she is the only reason I care at all about U.S. Women's Olympic Basketball.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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