US women’s basketball sensation Caitlin Clark, who has been drawing capacity crowd from the NCAA to the WNBA, says her exclusion from the Olympic team gave her ‘just a little more motivation’
This is AI generated summarization, which may have errors. For context, always refer to the full article.Michelle Pemberton/INDIANAPOLIS STAR-USA TODAY Sports /Reutershas no bitterness about being left off the US Olympic women’s basketball team, as the Indiana Fever guard said on Sunday, June 9, that the decision gave her added motivation.
“Honestly, no disappointment – it just gives me something to work for. It’s a dream, you know – hopefully one day I can be there. I think it’s just a little more motivation,” Clark said. Clark left television ratings shattered in her wake during a blockbuster final collegiate season at the University of Iowa and brought her legions of fans to the WNBA, in what fans celebrated as a new era for the women’s game in the United States.
Clark, who said she grew up watching the nine-time Olympic gold medal-winning US team, said she was informed before the report went public that she had not made the team.
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