Liz Cambage denies calling customers of Team Nigeria monkeys in the course of a skirmish at a pre-Olympic scrimmage last year.
Earlier this thirty day period, Jenna O’Hea, the captain of Staff Australia, alleged that Cambage, her previous teammate, instructed Nigerian gamers to “go back again to your Third Environment Country”.
A subsequent report arrived out in the Telegraph, with nameless Nigerian players accusing Cambage of contacting them monkeys.
“That’s what I remember, the term monkeys, certainly. And go again to where you came from,” a Nigerian player explained to the Telegraph. “She undoubtedly did use monkeys or monkey.”
“I was on the court. She certainly mentioned go back to your Third Entire world country,” an additional nameless participant claimed. “I did not listen to it, but [teammates] verified she identified as us monkeys.”
Cambage, in a statement on her Instagram website page, claimed that the incident was taken care of “privately” approximately a calendar year in the past.
“I am really dissatisfied and harm by the activities and accusations that have unfolded in the Australian media,” Cambage wrote. “The recount of what took place is inaccurate and misleading. I did not use the racial slur in direction of the Nigerian team that has been circulated.”
Cambage claims that she fully commited a foul on a Nigerian player and was subsequently “physically assaulted” by her, going for walks away just after remaining hit in the deal with and pushed to the ground. She says she experienced questioned to sit out of the activity to address her mental and bodily wellbeing.
“We did not have skilled referees to control and prioritize both of those teams’ protection for the duration of this extremely bodily scrimmage,” Cambage wrote. “This is not an excuse or justification to the activities that unfolded, or my actions, however, I come to feel that a total picture of the setting that led to this final result ought to be shared.
“I have taken whole responsibility and accountability for my involvement in what occurred. I genuinely apologized to the Nigerian staff and I the moment once more, am sorry that these situations are becoming rehashed.”
Cambage, whose father is Nigerian, dropped out of the Olympics, citing mental overall health fears. She currently plays for the Los Angeles Sparks in the WNBA.
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