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‘Administrative error’ leaves Olympic hopefuls stranded at the airport – Sydney Morning Herald
The Australian women’s 3×3 basketball side was unable to fly to Europe for their Olympic qualifying tournament on Saturday night after arriving at the airport to…
Three on three basketball, known as 3×3, is a new sport at the Olympics. FIBA is using the short form of the sport as a way to bring more nations into elite basketball, as the equipment is mobile and nations need only four good players to field a team.
Russian Olympic Committee, China, Mongolia and Romania have already qualified for the womens 3×3 event in Tokyo, showing the reach of the sport to less-heralded basketball nations.
Australia was slow on the uptake of the game but the womens team has…
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