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Las Vegas Aces center Liz Cambage (8) celebrates drawing a foul during Game 4 of their WNBA semifinal playoff game against the Washington Mystics Tuesday, September 24, 2019, at the Mandalay Bay Events Center.
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Australian basketball star Liz Cambage has withdrawn from the Tokyo Olympics, citing concern for her mental health if she were to go into a bubble at the Games with no support other than from her team.
Cambage, the Opals best player, said on Friday that she is “a long way from from her mental and physical peak” with just a week to go before the start of the Games at which Australia’s women are a medal prospect.
“Anyone that knows me knows one of my biggest dreams is winning an Olympic gold medal with the Opals,” she said. “Every athlete competing in the Olympic Games should be at their mental and physical peak, and at the moment, I’m a long way from where I want and need to be.
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