The U.S. women's basketball team has a huge fan in former short track speed skater Apolo Anton Ohno.

The most decorated American winter Olympian, who won eight medals — including two golds — stopped by practice Wednesday. He shot around with the players and was doing a feature on Diana Taurasi and Sue Bird for NBC.

"He's great. He's a cool dude," Taurasi said. "He's still in great shape. He can't shoot, but the man can skate."

Taurasi remembers watching Ohno win gold in 2002 and 2006 and admitted her own prowess on the ice was lacking.

"He's a lot better shooter than I am skater," she said.

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