Opals exit Tokyo Games after USA mismatch

By Murray Wenzel
Updated August 4 2021 - 5:55pm, first published 5:53pm
Australia have bowed out of the Olympics basketball tournament with a 79-55 defeat to the USA.
Australia have bowed out of the Olympics basketball tournament with a 79-55 defeat to the USA.

Liz Cambage's last-minute Olympics withdrawal took an emotional toll on Opals coach Sandy Brondello before it was felt physically as Australia's disappointing Tokyo women's basketball campaign was extinguished by a ruthless United States.

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