Team USA Sends Strong Message to Vanessa Bryant and Daughters at Paris Olympics

The U.S. women's basketball team had their eyes on the gold medal game at the Paris Olympics, and Vanessa Bryant was there with her daughters to cheer them on.

Team USA took on Australia on August 9 with a trip to the gold medal game on the line. Bryant, the widow of late Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant, was among the many top basketball figures in the crowd to support the United States.

Bryant, who sat courtside with daughters Natalia, Bianka and Capri, was featured in a post shared by the USA Basketball account on X.

"Everyone watches women's sports," the Team USA account wrote in the caption.

Several members of the U.S. men's Olympic team, which earned a trip back to their gold medal game after a 17-point comeback over Serbia in Thursday's semifinal, were also at the arena to cheer on the women on Friday.

Vanessa Bryant has been a big supporter of women's sports, picking up the love that her husband Kobe and their late daughter Gianna showed. She and her daughters attended the WNBA All-Star Game last month and even shared a gift with a few of the players.

Vanessa Bryant gifted the new "WNBA All-Star" Nike Kobe 6 PE shoes to some of the players, including Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark.

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