Paris 2024 Series (XXIX): Basketball, led by Laura Gil

• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (I): RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS, BY THE HAND OF ALEJANDRA QUEREDA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (II): ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS, BY THE HAND OF RAYDERLEY ZAPATA
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (II|): THE MODERN PENTATHLON, BY THE HAND OF LAURA HEREDIA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (IV): ARCHERY, BY THE HAND OF MIGUEL ALVARIÑO
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (V): EL REMO, BY THE HAND OF AINA CID AND ESTHER BRIZ
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (VI): WATERPOLO, BY THE HAND OF ÁLVARO GRANADOS
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (VII): OPEN WATER SWIMMING, FROM THE HAND OF MARÍA DE VALDÉS
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (VIII): FIELD HOCKEY, BY THE HAND OF MARÍA LÓPEZ
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (IX): SKATEBOARD, BY THE HAND OF DANNY LEÓN
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (X): SURFING, BY THE HAND OF NADIA EROSTARBE
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XI): BOXING, BY THE HAND OF EMMANUEL REYES PLA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XII): TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS, WITH NOEMÍ ROMERO AND DAVID VEGA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XIII): SWIMMING JUMPS, BY THE HAND OF ANA CARVAJAL
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XIV): ARTISTIC SWIMMING, BY THE HAND OF IRIS TIÓ
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XV): JUDO, BY THE HAND OF FRAN GARRIGÓS
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XVI): FENCING, BY THE HAND OF LUCÍA MARTÍN-PORTUGUESE
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XVII): THE TRIATHLON, BY ANTONIO SERRAT
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XVIII): SPRINT CANOEING, BY THE HAND OF MARCUS COOPER
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XIX): SLAVE CANOEING, BY THE HAND OF MAIALEN CHOURRAUT
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XX): HORSE RIDING, BY THE HAND OF ARMANDO TRAPOTE
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XXI): EL TIRO, BY THE HAND OF FÁTIMA GÁLVEZ
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XXII): THE SAIL, BY THE HAND OF JORDI XAMMAR
• SERIAL PARÍS 2024 (XXIII): WEIGHTFLYING, BY THE HAND OF DAVID SÁNCHEZ
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XXIV): HANDBALL, FROM THE HAND OF ALEX DUJSHEBAEV
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XXV): THE FIGHT, BY THE HAND OF MAIDER UNDA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XXVI): VOLLEYBALL, BY THE HAND OF MARÍA SCHLEGEL
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XXVII): BEACH VOLLEYBALL, BY THE HAND OF HERRERA AND GAVIRA
• PARIS 2024 SERIAL (XXVIII): 3X3 BASKETBALL, WITH THE HAND OF GRACIA ALONSO DE ARMIÑO

Laura Gil: “It’s a team sport. There are 12 players on the team, plus the coaching staff. There are only five on the court. It consists of putting the ball through a basket and trying to prevent the opposing team from scoring a basket. There are two-point baskets If it is inside the triple, on the outside, it is 3 points. And if you are fouled there, you have to shoot a free throw. And from there, it adds up. time out and there are 40 minutes of the game with four quarters.

• Debut in Olympic Games: Basketball began its Olympic path in St. Louis 1904 as a demonstration sport (it was the American championship). In Berlin 1936 he appeared for the first time in an official Olympic tournament. Until 40 years later they did not include the women’s category.
• Leading country: United States indisputably. He has won a whopping 30 medals, 25 gold. The Soviet Union and Yugoslavia follow at a distance.
• Legends: The ones that everyone knows. Wilt Chamberlain, Kareem Abdul Jabbar, Bill Russell, Tim Duncan, Julius Erving, Larry Bird, Magic Johnson, Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Kobe Bryant, LeBron James… however, the player with the best Olympic record is Carmelo Anthony, with three gold medals and one bronze. The only one who has been a triple Olympic champion like him is Kevin Durant. In feminine, Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi They have up to five gold each.
• Current leaders: The United States leads both the men’s and women’s FIBA ​​rankings. Spain is second in men and China in women.

• Gold: USA
• Silver: France
• Bronze: Australia

• Gold: USA
• Silver: Japan
• Bronze: France

Licenses in Spain (2022): 377,108 (includes 3×3 basketball)

Position in the historical Olympic medal table: 6th

• Berlin 1936: Masculine
• Rome 1960: Masculine
• Mexico 1968: Masculine
• Munich 1972: Masculine
• Moscow 1980: Masculine
• Los Angeles 1984: Masculine
• Seoul 1988: Masculine
• Barcelona 1992: Masculine and feminine
• Sydney 2000: Masculine
• Athens 2004: Masculine and feminine
• Beijing 2008: Masculine and feminine
• London 2012: Masculine
• Rio 2016: Masculine and feminine
• Tokyo 2020: Masculine and feminine

• Los Angeles 1984: Men’s team, silver
• London 2012: Men’s team, silver
• Rio 2016: Women’s team (silver) and men’s team (bronze).

How Laura Gil remembers the silver medal in Rio 2016, the first for Spanish women’s basketball in a Games: “It was the first time I competed in the Olympic Games. It was already something very special from the beginning due to the fact of entering the list of 12 of the Games, being in Rio, at the inauguration in Maracaná. And from there We went game by game, winning every day, until we reached that final.

“Before that final, the match that is also most remembered was those quarterfinals against Turkey, in which Anna Cruz He scores the basket at the last second and we’re in the semis. In the final we knew it was the United States, which was very difficult. So that Olympic silver tastes like gold to us.”

The men’s final between the United States and Spain at the 2008 Beijing Olympics is considered the ‘best game in history’. Aíto García Reneses’ team came within four points of the best team in the world with 2:22 remaining. The Gasol brothers, José Manuel Calderón, Jorge Garbajosa, Juan Carlos Navarro and company standing up to LeBron James, Kobe Bryant, Carmelo Anthony and company. In the end, 107-118, but (great) honors for that generation.

The women’s team, after passing the pre-Olympic. It remains to be seen if the men’s team also qualifies for the pre-Olympic tournament to be held from July 2 to 7 in Valencia.

Laura Gil: “I think that something that has always characterized us is that we have been very focused on ourselves, on having our own identity and on following everything in step, to the letter. Obviously, depending on who you play against, you will have to play in a one way or another, but in the end, having the identity of Spain, not that winning gene, that competitive gene that, Even if we are not the fastest or the tallest, we are always there. I think it’s going to be one of the keys, that defensive intensity that we put into every game that in the end always allows you to play a little more freely in attack.”

“The medals are a set goal, right? But it’s going to be a different year, with different players and different teams. I think we have to go game by game, grow during the tournament, that’s what it’s all about. Start well and , from there, look for that goal of being able to reach the medal fight.”

Laura Gil: “The Olympic Games are always special. You see all the sports that you normally don’t consume or follow. Basketball in this case is a team sport that is very enjoyable because a thousand things can happen, you can win by ten and in the last second to tie the game. You can go down by 15 and win the game. I think it is a very nice sport to watch that is entertaining, and we are going to need your support.”

• Serbia – Puerto Rico – 9:00 p.m.
• Spain – People’s Rep. China – 1:30 p.m.

• People’s Rep. China – Serbia – 1:30 p.m.
• Puerto Rico – Spain – 11:00 am

• Serbia – Spain – 1:30 p.m.
• People’s Rep. China – Puerto Rico – 11:00 a.m.

• Canada – France – 5:15 p.m.
• Nigeria – Australia – 11:00 am

• Australia – Canada – 1:30 p.m.
• France – Nigeria – 5:15 p.m.

• Canada – Nigeria – 1:30 p.m.
• Australia – France – 9:00 p.m.

• Germany – Belgium – 1:30 p.m.
• United States – Japan – 9:00 p.m.

• Japan – Germany – 11:00 am
• Belgium – United States – 9:00 p.m.

• Germany – United States – 5:15 p.m.
• Japan – Belgium – 11:00 am

• 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Quarterfinal 1
• 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Quarterfinal 2
• 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Quarterfinal 3
• 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.: Quarterfinal 4

• 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Semifinal 1
• 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Semifinal 2

• 11:30 – 1:30 p.m.: Bronze medal match
• 3:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.: Gold medal final

• Australia – TCO Winner Spain – 11:00 am
• TCO Winner Greece – Canada – 9:00 p.m.

• Canada – Australia – 1:30 p.m.
• TCO Winner Spain – TCO Winner Greece – 11:00 am

• Australia – TCO Winner Greece – 1:30 p.m.
• Canada – TCO Winner Spain – 5:15 p.m.

• France – TCO Winner Latvia – 5:15 p.m.
• Germany – Japan – 1:30 p.m.

• Japan – France – 5:15 p.m.
• TCO Winner Latvia – Germany – 9:00 p.m.

• France – Germany – 9:00 p.m.
• Japan – TCO Winner Latvia – 11:00 am

• Serbia – United States – 5:15 p.m.
• South Sudan – TCO Winner Puerto Rico – 11:00 am

• TCO Winner Puerto Rico – Serbia – 5:15 p.m.
• United States – South Sudan – 9:00 p.m.

• Serbia – South Sudan – 9:00 p.m.
• TCO Winner Puerto Rico – United States – 5:15 p.m.

• 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Quarterfinal 1
• 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.: Quarterfinal 2
• 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.: Quarterfinal 3
• 9:30 p.m. – 11:30 p.m.: Quarterfinal 4

• 5:30 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.: Semifinal 1
• 9:00 p.m. – 11:00 p.m.: Semifinal 2

• 11:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Bronze medal match
• 9:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m.: Gold medal final