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In her sixth Olympic Games, Diana Taurasi is the vet even among Team USA vets. At 42, she will be the oldest member of the 12-player women’s basketball team, and in the history of USA Basketball’s program, few have committed more than Taurasi.
She is well known on the Olympic and international stages, but that wasn’t always the case. In 2004, shortly after the Phoenix Mercury made her the No. 1 pick in the WNBA Draft, Taurasi arrived in Colorado ahead of the Athens Games as the youngest member of Team USA’s Olympic team. Headlined by three-time Olympians Lisa Leslie, Dawn
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