[Mick]

Different philosophy, I suppose. Rookies have been on the Olympic team before: Rebecca Lobo in 1996, Diana Taurasi in 2004, Candace Parker in 2008 and Breanna Stewart in 2016. But the selection committee leaned toward experience this year: Sabrina Ionescu, in her fifth year with the New York Liberty, is the youngest player on the roster at 26.

here

https://www.usab.com/teams/5x5-womens-olympics/roster

shows Shakira Austin (F) is 23, Aliyah Boston (F) is 22, and Rhyne Howard (G) is 24, and while Clark is a rookie in the WNBA she is 22 so the same age as Boston

I shall inform Chloe Peterson of the Indianapolis Star that she is incorrect.

Caitlin Clark was always playing catch-up in trying to make 2024 US Olympic team

[Mick]

Different philosophy, I suppose. Rookies have been on the Olympic team before: Rebecca Lobo in 1996, Diana Taurasi in 2004, Candace Parker in 2008 and Breanna Stewart in 2016. But the selection committee leaned toward experience this year: Sabrina Ionescu, in her fifth year with the New York Liberty, is the youngest player on the roster at 26.

here

https://www.usab.com/teams/5x5-womens-olympics/roster

shows Shakira Austin (F) is 23, Aliyah Boston (F) is 22, and Rhyne Howard (G) is 24, and while Clark is a rookie in the WNBA she is 22 so the same age as Boston

I shall inform Chloe Peterson of the Indianapolis Star that she is incorrect.

Caitlin Clark was always playing catch-up in trying to make 2024 US Olympic team