Webaniyama: “The Basketball World Cup is disappointing for France. I’ll be at the Olympics”

As part of the promotion of the documentary “Unique“, The Victor Webanyama gave an interview to CANAL+ and spoke among other things about his ambitions for NBA and national of France.

The return to the “tricolor” is just around the corner, as he revealed: “I will of course be present at the Olympics. And there will be no other goal but gold».

“Aux JO, il n’y aura pas d’autre but que l’or” : Victor Wembanyama sort du silence trois mois apres la draft
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The representative group of his country, deprived him recently Basketball World Cup of the Philippines where he was eliminated only in the first round of the competition: “I watched Mundobasket and the result was very disappointing. However, I am not worried. I don’t have to judge anything because I wasn’t in the team and top level players were competing. However, it does not change the fact that we can do something great in Paris next year».

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The 19-year-old forward was selected in the no. 1 draft this year from the San Antonio Spurs and became the first Frenchman to achieve such an achievement. The documentary dedicated to his last year’s run will debut next month on the CANAL+ network.

Edited by: Maria Sarafoglou