In the absence of a few days for the Olympics to begin and with the teams already landing in Tokyo, Nigeria has yet to release its final women’s squad after completing a series of preparatory friendlies. The African team, with the desire to attract as much talent as possible, has been immersed in a conflict with FIBA due to the attempt to summon several WNBA players for the Olympics.
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Coach Otis Hughley Jr. called Erica, Chiney and Nneka Ogwumike, the three Nigerian sisters residing in the United States, and Elizabeth Williams. A request made with the aim of summoning the best possible players to go far in the Olympic Games and prompted by the non-convocation of Nneka Ogwumike with the United States, question that caused a hurricane of opinions around the USA Team weeks ago. For this same reason, after a decade competing with the US, Nneka Ogwumike decided to travel to her home country to find another way to compete in the Olympic event, but FIBA has gotten in the way. The international organization has responded to Nigeria by labeling each of the four players in a different way, a striking issue considering that three of them are sisters, and allowing only two to play the competition.
Erica Ogwumike will be able to play the Olympics if she enters the final list, Chiney Ogwumike will count as a nationalized player if she does the same, Nneka Ogwumike will not be able to be in the Olympic Games because she has played tournaments with the US for the last 10 years (The IOC does not allow two different countries to be represented if at least three years have passed since the first country was represented) and Elizabeth Williams, who has played preparation games for Tokyo with Nigeria, will not be able to because she also represented the United States on other occasions. A decision (which has caused the anger of the Federation of Nigeria, which had dropped several hints on social networks saying that the permit would finally arrive. Now, the question is obvious: which list will Nigeria present in Tokyo?
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