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Sunday, 20 December 2020
Japan s women s basketball team has suffered a blow to their medal hopes for next year s Olympic Games in Tokyo after star player Ramu Tokashiki tore her anterior cruciate ligament (ACL).
The 29-year-old Tokashiki is now expected to miss out on Tokyo 2020 after suffering the injury during a match with domestic team Eneos Sunflowers.
Her side had beaten Fujitsu Red Wave 78-59 in the quarter-finals of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium.
Tokashiki has previously played for Seattle Storm in the Women s National Basketball Association in the United States and is a seven-time Women’s Japan Basketball League Most Valuable Player (MVP).
Dec 19, 2020
Ramu Tokashiki, the Japan women’s national basketball team’s top player, has a torn ACL in her right knee her team, Eneos Sunflowers, announced on Saturday.
The 193-cm center/forward suffered the injury during Eneos’ 78-59 win over the Fujitsu Red Wave in the quarterfinals of the All-Japan Championship at Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 2 on Wednesday.
The 29-year-old Tokashiki is without question the nation’s best player and had been expected to be a key component of the national team at next summer’s Tokyo Olympics.
The injury deals a major blow to Japan’s chances of winning gold on home soil next year. The Akatsuki Five was already without another key player as Haneda Vickies point guard Nako Motohashi injured her ACL during a training camp in November.