Team USA women's basketball wins 10th Olympic gold

11 August 2024

The USA Basketball women's national team narrowly clinched its eighth straight—and 10th overall—Olympic gold medal in a hard-fought final today in Paris.

With a combined eight WNBA champions, three WNBA MVPs and five WNBA Rookies of the Year in the squad, Team USA always had gold as their target.

Leading the charge was guard Diana Taurasi, who earned her sixth Olympic gold medal since joining Team USA in 2004. "There's a reason why certain people win—because they have a winning mentality and they bring it into the changing room, into the gym every single day", says Diana.

Nike signature athlete A'ja Wilso n—who joins Taurasi and teammate Brittney Griner in being one of only 12 players to have earned a World Championship gold medal, an Olympic gold medal, an NCAA title and a WNBA Championship—averaged 18.2 points, 9.6 rebounds and 2.2 assists. "In the Olympics, you're really just trying to win each day", she says. "The gold is the tangible thing that lets you know I've got this. But winning those mini possessions, and those training days and battles, is 10 times harder than winning the gold", A'ja says.

Olympic first-timer and fellow Nike signature athlete Sabrina Ionescu played starting point guard in all six match-ups, averaging 6.6 points, 1.8 rebounds and 3.4 assists on her way to achieve her first Olympic medal. "I've always just really wanted to win at everything that I do. I'm going to do whatever it takes to do that", Sabrina says.

A'ja and Sabrina are both members of Nike's Athlete Think Tank, a collective of influential athlete voices that the company can listen and learn from to better champion women and girls in sport, inform innovative product creation and create meaningful experiences.

Team USA women's basketball

Assets

Black and white close up of Aja Wilson, looking back at the camera over her shoulder.

Black and white photo of Aja Wilson wearing her Team USA basketball jersey. She looks down fiercely at the camera.

Horizontal poster format. On the left, a black and white photo of Aja Wilson looking directly at the camera. On the right, a headline reads, "I love winning for my haters." appearing in black against a red background.

Video look of Aja Wilson saying "Nah" and shooing away a competitor on the court. She wears a red Team USA basketball jersey.

Black and white full body image of Sabrina Ionescu celebrating on the basketball court. She wears her Team USA uniform and her hair is flying out behind her.

Black and white portrait of Sabrina Ionescu in the Sabrina reversible basketball jacket. She looks directly at the camera with her arms crossed.

Horizontal poster format. On the left is a black and white image of Sabrina Ionescu celebrating in her Team USA jersey. On the right, a headline reads, "I'm single-minded. The only thing on my mind is gold." appearing in white letters on a blue background.

Diana Taurasi holds her hands high, with six fingers raised, signaling her 6 gold medals. Diana wears a read Team USA jersey, and a crowd looks on behind her.

Horizontal poster format. A black and white photo of Diana Tuarasi holding her hands high is layered with red headlines reading, "Can't spell dynasty without DT." and "44 - 0".