When we talk about the greatest champions in the history of the Games, we sometimes tend to sideline the athletes of collective disciplines. Logical and at the same time… not too much, we understand each other, but in any case, this morning, two American legends have indeed added a fifth Olympic gold medal to their collection. We will look, eh, but there should not be many people in this club.
Ole Einar Bjoerndalen and his eight titles in six editions, his French comrade Martin Fourcade and his five gold medals in Russia and Korea, Michael Phelps and his 12,000 medals, Usain Bolt and his eight smiley charms, Alyson Félix and his domination which has lasted since 2004, Nikola Karabatic and his treble Beijing / London / Tokyo… FC Olympia no longer has its heroes – we know that we have not forgotten – and this morning two legends have therefore joined the band of immortals . Two basketball players, two icons: Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi. The first one ? Now five-time Olympic champion therefore, medals to be installed alongside her four world championship titles, her four WNBA rings, her eleven All-Star stars (a record) and four… Euroleague, thank you to leave some for the others my big one. The leader of Team USA thus enters the history of American sport and of sport itself, along with her lifelong colleague Diana Taurasi, a sort of ultimate basketball player and now, for her part, also the owner of five medals. gold, of three college titles with UConn, three WNBA rings, four gold medals at the World Championships, five Euroleagues, nine All-Star stars and one WNBA MVP trophy in 2009. The legends of the Seattle Storm and the Phoenix Mercury, their homes for 18 and 17 years respectively, therefore put an end to their international careers on what they know how to do best: win, win with losses and crash since, is it necessary As a reminder, Team USA hit the daring Japanese women this morning in the Final (90-75), this time thanks to a Brittney Griner in Shaq 2000 mode.
A tournament in which the Americans will have rolled from start to finish, carried by an incredible Breanna Stewart and literally indefensible interior, but a medal which therefore shines, above all, on the two grannies of the band, who complete there almost twenty years of success under the stars and stripes. Gentlemen, ladies, put some respect on Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi, two of the greatest champions in the history of American sport, quite simply.
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