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Paris Olympics
Officials have rounded up the Olympic basketball records that will be rewritten or could be rewritten at the Paris Games. Here are the specifics:
Six Olympic Games
: Spain's Rudy Fernandez and U.S. player Diana Taurasi will become the only two basketball players in history to have competed in six Olympic Games.
Spanning 20 years of Olympic participation
: LeBron James, Rudy Fernandez and Diana Taurasi will be the only three players to have competed in Olympic basketball across 20 years, with all three making their Olympic debuts in 2004.
U.S. women's basketball team wins eighth straight title
: If the U.S. women's basketball team successfully defends its title at this year's Olympics, they will have achieved eight consecutive titles since the 1996 Atlanta Olympics, breaking the record for the most consecutive titles in an Olympic team sport.
Durant's four gold medals
: If the U.S. men's basketball team defends its title at this year's Olympics, Kevin Durant will become the first male athlete to win four Olympic gold medals in team sports.
James' age record
: At 39, LeBron James will surpass Larry Bird as the oldest athlete in U.S. men's basketball history to compete in the Olympics.
Six gold medals for Taurasi
: If the U.S. women's basketball team defends its title at this year's Olympics, Diana Taurasi will have sole possession of the record for the most Olympic gold medals in a team sport with six.
Curry's debut age record
: At 36, Stephen Curry will become the oldest player to make his U.S. men's basketball Olympic debut. The previous record holder was Larry Bird, who made his Olympic debut for the U.S. men's basketball team at age 35 years and more than 240 days.
The potential rewriting of these records will add even more spectacle to the Paris Olympics, and basketball fans around the world will be witness to these historic moments.
