Whalen, Moore, Augustus, Fowles, Reeve to get Olympic rings
Posted May 23, 2017 7:00 am
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - The five Olympic champions from the Minnesota Lynx are getting a little more hardware.
Team USA women's national team director Carol Callan was in town Tuesday to give Lindsay Whalen, Maya Moore, Seimone Augustus, Sylvia Fowles and coach Cheryl Reeve the Olympic rings they earned after winning the gold medal at the Rio Games last summer.
Reeve was an assistant coach on the team and all four players played key roles for the dominant USA women's basketball team. The group went 8-0 and won the country's sixth straight women's basketball gold.
The presentation was scheduled to take place before the Lynx play Connecticut on Tuesday night.
FILE - In this May 22, 2016, file photo, Minnesota Lynx's Seimone Augustus shoots against the Seattle Storm in a WNBA basketball game, in Seattle. Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus took the winter off to rest. The Minnesota Lynx trio looks refreshed and ready to go after falling just short in the WNBA Finals last season, a few seconds away from a fourth title in six seasons. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2016, file photo, Minnesota Lynx forward Maya Moore celebrates during the second half in Game 4 of the WNBA Finals against the Los Angeles Sparks, in Los Angeles. Maya Moore, Lindsay Whalen and Seimone Augustus took the winter off to rest. The Lynx trio looks refreshed and ready to go after falling just short in the WNBA Finals last season, a few seconds away from a fourth title in six seasons. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
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