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Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner among those named to Women’s National Training Camp Roster

Originally posted on Burn City Sports | By Saleh Awwad | Last updated 3/28/24

The USA Basketball Women’s National Team announced a 14-athlete roster for their training camp set for April 3-5 in Cleveland.

The Phoenix Mercury’s own Diana Taurasi and Brittney Griner made the roster. They are two of nine Olympic champions going to Cleveland for the camp.

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— Phoenix Mercury (@PhoenixMercury) March 28, 2024

USA Basketball continues to evaluate all potential players before naming an official roster for the 2024 Paris Olympics set to take place this Summer.

The team has won seven straight Olympic gold medals and will look to extend that this year.

Taurasi and Griner were each a part of the last two gold medals, while Taurasi has won five straight dating back to 2004.

"Even on the court I'm like, 'yo, I get to play with @DianaTaurasi.'"@BrittneyGriner on winning her second gold medal, and seeing DT and @S10bird win their fifth. #TokyoOlympics x @TeamUSA pic.twitter.com/cm1odYsYVU

— NBC Olympics & Paralympics (@NBCOlympics) August 8, 2021

With the Olympics starting in just four months, the roster will officially be put together soon and the Mercury will likely have two players representing in Paris.