This is Burdick’s first Olympic medal. She is the 15th Lady Vol basketball player to earn an opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games.
PARIS, France — Cierra Burdick is officially an Olympic medalist! Team USA beat Canada in the Bronze Medal Final on Monday at LaConcorde 1, 16-13.
The team included Burdick, Dearica Hamby, Rhyne Howard and Hailey Van Lith.
Cierra Burdick is the 15th Lady Vol basketball player to earn an opportunity to compete in the Olympic Games.
Burdick, a veteran of the USA 3×3 women’s basketball program, is the first UT woman to compete in that event at the Olympics. The 2023 gold medalist on the USA’s Pan American Games and FIBA World Cup 3×3 squads joins three other Americans to represent the United States.
Team USA did not have a great start in the pool round after losing to Germany, Azerbaijan and Australia. But Team USA …
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