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Liz Cambage details mental health battle, considers stunning Olympics-WNBA ultimatum

Opals star Liz Cambage has shared stunning details about the extent of her mental health battle after her shock withdrawal from the Tokyo Olympics last month.

The Aussie WNBA All-Star revealed how she had struggled with her mental health before the Opals’ Olympics campaign, and how those problems were exacerbated as she felt under pressure to perform amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

“It wasn’t easy, but, how am I meant to go to the hardest… you know it’s the peak. The Olympics is Everest for every athlete,” she said on HBO’s The Shop: Uninterrupted. Read More

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