France’s Nando De Colo, Andrew Albicy, Victor Wembanyama and Mathias Lessort pose on the rostrum after the boys’s gold medal basketball match between France and Tea USA through the Paris Olympics 2024 on the Bercy Area in Paris on August 10, 2024. (Picture by Damien MEYER / AFP)
France basketball star Victor Wembanyama stated the defeat to Group USA within the Paris Olympics ultimate would function motivation to win gold on the 2028 Video games in Los Angeles.
Wembanyama poured in 26 factors in opposition to the star-studded Group USA, but it surely wasn’t sufficient as Stephen Curry helped seal a 98-87 victory for the People with a sequence of clutch three-pointers within the closing minutes.
“We will’t take this with no consideration. In a event like this, issues can change in a second. The video games have been actually excessive depth, and we might have misplaced by 20 factors, however we saved preventing,” stated the 20-year-old Wembanyama.
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“I can be going for gold in 4 years’ time.”
France, crushed by Group USA within the Tokyo ultimate in 2021 properly, needed to accept one other silver, however there was a lot to mirror fondly on for the San Antonio Spurs centre.
“I by no means dreamed of this second. It’s unimaginable. I couldn’t have requested for a greater group, higher coaches. Everybody contributed… and it was an superior expertise.”
“I don’t really feel like we’ve wasted something, we managed to realize one thing,” he added.
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“We nonetheless have an Olympic medal spherical our neck, we don’t know when that can occur once more.
“We have now to study, develop and belief within the new era, like we trusted in expertise this 12 months.
“We have now diamonds popping out of our nation, so we’ve each likelihood.
“If it wasn’t this time will probably be the following.”
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