Kevin Treasure withdraws from Tokyo Olympics as newest Group USA departure

Group USA ahead Kevin Treasure has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics, in conserving with ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski.

Treasure cited his endured recovery from a honest staunch calf injury as the cause of his departure from Group USA.

“I’m extremely disappointed to now not be heading to Tokyo with Group USA,” Treasure talked about in an announcement, per Wojnarowski. “But you would possibly well mute be at absolute high performance to compete on the Olympic stage and I’m true now not there but.”

Treasure is the 2d Group USA participant to exit the personnel’s roster for Tokyo in the final two days. Bradley Beal used to be taken off Group USA’s roster on Thursday due to the COVID-19 protocols. No substitute has been announced for both Beal and Treasure as of Friday morning. 

Group USA has misplaced two of its three exhibitions earlier than the Tokyo Games, including losses to Nigeria and Australia. Its contest with Argentina on Thursday used to be canceled “out of an abundance of warning” as both Beal and Group USA ahead Jerami Grant were positioned in the health and security protocols. 

Community play for Group USA in Tokyo will open on July 26 in opposition to France. The American citizens will play in Community A alongside France, Iran and the Czech Republic as they gaze their fourth straight gold medal. 

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