{"id":76160,"date":"2021-05-26T02:28:34","date_gmt":"2021-05-26T02:28:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=76160"},"modified":"2021-05-26T03:58:28","modified_gmt":"2021-05-26T03:58:28","slug":"cambage-selection-ends-tokyo-boycott-fears","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=76160","title":{"rendered":"Cambage selection ends Tokyo boycott fears"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australian WNBA star Liz Cambage will play at her third Olympics after being included in the Opals' 12-woman squad for Tokyo.<\/p>\n

Cambage's inclusion comes after she threatened to boycott the Tokyo Games<\/a> over her concerns surrounding a lack of diversity during the Australian Olympic Team's recent photoshoot.<\/p>\n

The 29-year-old will join a star-studded lineup, which includes fellow WNBA stars: Rebecca Allen (New York Liberty), Ezi Magbegor (Seattle Storm), Leilani Mitchell (Washington Mystics), Alanna Smith (Phoenix Mercury) and Steph Talbot (Seattle Storm).<\/p>\n

The squad will be captained by Jenna O'Hea of the Southside Flyers in Australia's WNBL competition.<\/p>\n

The Opals are currently ranked number two in the world. Their draw in Pool C will include matches against Belgium, Puerto Rico and China.<\/p>\n

\"Australia's<\/p>\n

FULL SQUAD BELOW:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Leilani Mitchell<\/p>\n

Katie Ebzery<\/p>\n

Tessa Lavey<\/p>\n

Rebecca Allen<\/p>\n

Tess Madgen<\/p>\n

Jenna O'Hea<\/p>\n

Steph Talbot<\/p>\n

Cayla George<\/p>\n

Alanna Smith<\/p>\n

Liz Cambage<\/p>\n

Ezi Magbegor<\/p>\n

Marianna Tolo<\/p>\n

For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Australian WNBA star Liz Cambage will play at her third Olympics after being included in the Opals' 12-woman squad for Tokyo. Cambage's inclusion comes after […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76160"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=76160"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76160\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":76162,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76160\/revisions\/76162"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=76160"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=76160"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=76160"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}