# @thegistca on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C87uCORteKw
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/20449012-thegistca-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-07-02T20:06:36.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** The GIST Canada (@thegistca) — https://gondola.cc/thegistca

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THE 2024 PARIS OLYMPICS WBB SQUAD IS HERE. 🇨🇦🤩⁣
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12 athletes have been named to Canada’s women’s basketball roster for Paris 2024, which will be Team Canada’s eighth appearance in the Olympic women’s basketball tournament since it debuted at Montreal 1976. 👏⁣
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Set to become Canada’s first four-time Olympian in women’s basketball, Natalie Achonwa will provide a veteran presence as the team pursues its first medal at the Olympic Games. Achonwa has played nine seasons in the WNBA with the Indiana Fever and Minnesota Lynx. 🏀⁣
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Canada’s four current WNBA players – Laeticia Amihere of the Atlanta Dream, Bridget Carleton of the Minnesota Lynx, Aaliyah Edwards of the Washington Mystics and Kia Nurse of the Los Angeles Sparks – will join the team later in July during the league’s Olympic break. 🤝⁣
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This will be the second Olympic Games for Amihere, Carleton, and Edwards, and the third for Nurse, who represented Canada at Rio 2016 and Tokyo 2020.⁣
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Canada’s roster features seven players with WNBA experience, including co-captain Kayla Alexander, who was selected eighth overall by San Antonio in the 2013 WNBA Draft and played nine seasons in the league. ⁣
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If you want to hang with these athletes before they leave this summer, you can buy tickets to @canadabasketball’s SUPERFAN SEND-OFF in Toronto on July 6th! Tickets start at only $24, and you can grab them at their link in bio. 💪⁣
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We're so stoked for this squad! 🙌 #thegist⁣
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#womenssports #baskteball #olympics #paris2024

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## Credits

| Name | Username | Profile | Role |
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| The GIST Canada | @thegistca | https://gondola.cc/thegistca | Sports Media Outlet |

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paris2024, womenssports, baskteball, thegist, olympics

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