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    Gobert swats his way into third place in blocks - tied with Yao

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    Rudy Gobert is one of the best shot-blockers in Olympics history

    Rudy Gobert is one of the best shot-blockers in the world. After blocking four shots against Germany, the French big man is tied with China legend Yao Ming for third most blocks in Olympics history.

    LILLE (France) - Rudy Gobert has been an enforcer around the basket his entire career and now the French big man ranks tied for third all-time in Olympics history with blocks after a major defensive show against Germany.

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    Gobert collected 4 points, 1 rebound and 4 blocks in France's 85-71 loss to Germany. The four-time NBA Defensive Player of the Year now has collected 26 blocked shots in his Olympics career. That ties the 32-year-old with China legend Yao Ming tied for third place.

    Most blocks all-time at the Olympics

    Rank

    Player

    Team

    Blocks

    1

    Pau Gasol

    Spain

    47

    2

    Andrei Kirilenko

    Russia

    35

    3

    Rudy Gobert*

    France

    26

    -

    Yao Ming

    China

    26

    5

    Andres Nocioni

    Argentina

    21

    -

    Yi Jianlian

    China

    21

    7

    Nicolas Batum*

    France

    20

    8

    Andrew Bogut

    Australia

    19

    9

    Hamed EHaddadi

    Iran

    18

    10

    Luis Scola

    Argentina

    17

    -

    Salah Mejri

    Tunisia

    17

    *Active players

    The block was introduced as a statistic for the Olympics in 2000.

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