Paris 2024: ‘It’s gold or nothing’ – NBA star Rudy Gobert on becoming Olympic champion on home soil for France

NBA star Rudy Gobert is prepared to go all-in for a gold medal on home soil at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. Gobert has been to two Olympics, winning silver at the delayed Tokyo Games last year but has always had Paris in his mind when the French capital was announced to host the Games in 2017. Ad/> France have never won basketball gold at the Olympics, finishing as runners-up in 1948, 2000 and 2021.

/> Basketball‘It’s gold or nothing’ – NBA star Gobert on becoming Olympic champion at Paris 202421 MINUTES AGO “When Paris was officially announced as the host city for the Olympic Games, I remember thinking: ‘I’ll be there’,” said Gobert on the latest episode of The Power of Sport. “That was already a few years ago now. It seemed so far away at the time, but I thought: ‘we’ll be there and we’ll compete for the gold medal’.

“I’m proud of what the squad was able to achieve [in Tokyo]. I’m happy with what we experienced together. Even though we obviously wanted to win gold, we really relished that silver medal.

For me, it’s always a kind of springboard for what’s to come. “We’ve reached a stage where it’s gold or nothing. I have a lot of silver and bronze medals; I don’t have any golds, so that’s my aim.” /> Although Gobert spends most of his time in the United States in the NBA, where he has recently left Utah Jazz for the Minnesota Timerwolves, he enjoys coming back to France.

“It’s a source of pride. That’s where I grew up, and where I’m from,” said Gobert. “Coming back to the French national team, playing alongside my friends in Les Bleus’ jersey is the definition of sport.