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Experienced Canada Deserve Their Spot, Want Medal at Rio 2016, Says Achonwa

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TORONTO (2016 Rio Olympics) - Thinking back to the 2012 Olympics, Natalie Achonwa admits that she and Canada were really just happy to participate. However, four years on, the North Americans feel they deserve their spot at the Rio 2016 Games and are looking to finishing on the podium.

Canada needed to go through the FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament (WOQT) in 2012 and were the final team to book their ticket to London - beating Japan in the decider after losing to Croatia in the Quarter-Finals.