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France basketball star Victor Wembanyama said Saturday's Olympic final in Paris represents a "once-in-a-lifetime" chance to win gold at home.The hosts returned to the final for the second straight Olympics after defeating Germany 73-69 on Thursday, and will take on the United States or Serbia for the title. France have never won gold -- settling for silver on three occasions in 1948, 2000 and at the pandemic-delayed Tokyo 2020 Games.
Big part of a goal we set ourselves months back," he said."Definitely a once-in-a-lifetime goal. Maybe nobody can reproduce that, so we have got to take our chance."France has produced the first player taken in each of the past two NBA drafts. Zaccharie Risacher went to the Atlanta Hawks in June, with Alex Sarr selected second by the Washington Wizards.
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