"GOAT ME PLEASE": South Carolina's Dawn Staley fangirls over A'ja Wilson and Sha'Carri Richardson at the 2024 Paris Olympics

Dawn Staley, Sha
Dawn Staley, Sha'Carri Richardson, A'ja Wilson (Image Credits: IMAGN)

Dawn Staley's Paris adventure continued as the coach was in attendance at the men's basketball finals between the USA and France on Saturday. Staley has been using the Olympics as a meet-and-greet with legendary athletes and it was no different this time.

While at the gold medal game, Dawn Staley snapped selfies with Team USA's A'ja Wilson, newly minted Olympic gold medalist, Sha'Carri Richardson, and French actor Omar Sy, who were also in attendance supporting their national teams.

"GOAT ME PLEASE!! @_ajawilson22 @itsshacarri (I’m so blankety blank happy for this one alright here) @OmarSySy," she wrote in the caption.

This is not her first time meeting Richardson, as Staley posted a selfie with the track athlete on Jul 31 and called her a GOAT. The Gamecocks coach also wished Sha'Carri Richardson when she won her silver in women's 100m. She also won gold in the women's 4x100 relay.

After the men's team defeated France to win their fifth straight gold, the USA women's basketball will next face France on Sunday to fight for their gold medal. It will also mark the last event of the Paris Olympics before the closing ceremony later in the night.

Dawn Staley wins her wager on the women's USA soccer team with Kamilla Cardoso

On Saturday, Team USA soccer took on Brazil in the gold medal game. Dawn Staley used this moment to place a bet with her former player, Kamilla Cardoso who was born in Montes Claros, Brazil.

At 15, the Chicago Sky center moved to the USA to pursue her basketball dreams, first playing for the Hamilton Heights Christian Academy in Chattanooga, Tennessee. She went to play one year for Syracuse and then transferred to South Carolina with who she won two national championships.

Before the soccer finals, Dawn Staley tweeted:

"Yooooooo @Kamillascsilva and I have a wager on this game. If she wins I wear a Brazilian jersey on the sideline for a game….if I win she wears during tunnel walk and IG live 🤣🤣🤣 @USWNT"

Luckily for coach Staley, Team USA won the game 1-0, their first gold medal in 12 years. After the victory, the coach asked Cardoso what size she needed, to which the center replied:

"Large jersey i guess😒🙄 @dawnstaley"

With the conclusion of the Paris Olympics, Dawn Staley will return to coaching as the South Carolina Gamecocks prepare themselves to defend their 2024 championship victory.

What did you think of the Dawn Staley: Paris Chronicles? Let us know in the comments section below.

Also read: "Can't get any less than silver": South Carolina HC Dawn Staley in awe of USA artistic swimming as team ends a 20-year medal drought

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Edited by Chaitanya Prakash
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