Bilal Coulibaly, after his right wrist injury: “Show what I’m worth to be selected” for the Olympics

The young Frenchman Bilal Coulibaly (19 years old), victim of a broken right wrist after a bad fall during the defeat of his Washington Wizards team in Chicago (98-127) in March, estimated with AFP that he should be fit to be selected with the French team for the Olympic Games in Paris (July 26-August 11). The Blues squad must be announced on May 16 by coach Vincent Collet.

– I was a little disappointed to be injured. I was afraid of the duration. But it will be good! So I can’t wait to be there (at the Olympics). Hoping to be 100% uninhibited and be able to show my worth to be chosen,” said Coulibaly, who was scheduled to have the cast removed Friday in Washington. He must now return to France for vacation before returning to the United States on May 6 for rehabilitation.

A former teammate of Victor Wembanyama at Mets 92 in Levallois, Coulibaly hopes to find his friend in the French team for the Olympics, he who has not yet made a choice with the A’s. “It would be very good to share the floor” with Wembanyama this summer, he added. “I hope we will approach the Olympics well and that we will win them. »