Olympics: Australia's bodysuited basketballers looking good for gold - Cambage


MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Liz Cambage was an "annoying" campaigner to bring back the iconic green-and-gold bodysuits worn by Australia's Olympic women basketballers and she says the sleek uniforms could give them an edge as they hunt for a maiden gold at Tokyo.

The bodysuits had their Games debut in 1996 at Atlanta, where the 'Opals' claimed the country's first Olympic basketball medal, but made way for looser fitting kits at the 2012 London Games and five years ago at Rio.

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