Basketball: Nando De Colo makes his international retirement

2024-09-27 18:37:11

The point guard of the French basketball team Nando De Colo announced his international retirement at the age of 37 this Friday, September 27, a few weeks after winning the silver medal at the Paris Olympic Games. “When you represent my country through my sport it will have been and will be the highest honor,” wrote the French international (209 keys, 2194 points) in a message on his social networks where he also thank your family. “One day he was chosen for the French team, he wore this blue shirt that made him dream so much and he wanted one thing: to be successful so that, the day the adventure ends, he can say that he has . there and his mark will remain forever in the history of this club,” added the ASVEL player, who was called up for the first time for the French team in 2008. In the 16 years he spent with the Blues, he won the six medals including gold at the European Championships in 2013, bronze at the 2019 World Cup and silver at the Tokyo 2021 and Paris Olympics this summer. Little use during the last Olympics, however he scored 12 points in the end and maintained hope against the Americans, winning in the end 98-87. The announcement of Nando De Colo’s retirement joins that of Blues captain Nicolas Batum, made ten days ago.
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