The USA Women's Basketball Team will set foot at Tokyo 2020 aiming to continue writing history at the Olympic Games. Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird, two of the greatest female basketball players of all time, could also leave an indelible mark in the Summer Olympics this year.
The veteran WNBA legends have plenty of Olympics experience under their belts and they'll try to lead their country to glory one more time. However, this edition of the ultimate event in sports might be even more special for the pair.
Taurasi, 39, and Bird, 40, will probably play their last Olympic Games, unless they extend their careers long enough to make it to the 2024 Olympics. Either way, the current Olympics could see them break these three records:
First basketball players to win five Olympic gold medals
With four gold medals to their names, Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird seek their fifth Olympic success at Tokyo 2020. Should they lead the USA to glory this year, Taurasi and Bird would become the first basketball players (both from men's and women's) in the Olympics history to win five gold medals.
The veteran duo has been part of the national team's success from Athens 2004 onwards (Beijing 2008, London 2012, Rio 2016), belonging to a team that won the last four Olympic Games comfortably.
US women's basketball players with the most games at the Olympics
The US are favorites to win the gold medal in Women's basketball, and therefore Taurasi and Bird would become the first two basketball players to win five gold medals. But the pair could be writing history way before the gold medal match.
Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird would become the two USA Women's Team players with the most games at the Olympics. Taurasi currently holds the record appearances (33), while Bird is not far from her with 30 games played at the Olympics.
US players with the most points and assists at the Olympics
Another record the duo could break would be the one for most points and assists for the US in the Olympic Games. Diana Taurasi needs 110 points to become the US top scorer in the Olympics history, while Sue Bird would have to provide 54 assists to break the other record.
Both things, however, seem unlikely, as the Olympics women's basketball tournament only has six games at most. The previous two records, on the other hand, seem more feasible for the two American superstars.
