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).