Toru Onzuka believes his team can ¡°surprise the world¡± at the 2024 Paris Olympics.
A deep run by the Japanese women¡¯s basketball team would ¡ª on paper ¡ª be a surprise. The team is ninth in the world rankings ¡ª the same place it finished at the most recent World Cup ¡ª and will play in the toughest group in the tournament.
This team, however, is taking something into the Olympics no Japanese basketball team has before: the confidence and experience that comes with stunning the world once already.
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