Dee ihe na-aga n'ihu maka paragraf a - Opals ruru eru maka 2016 Olympics
na Rio de Janeiro mgbe ha meriri New Zealand n'ọnwa Ọgọstụ 2015. Na 31 Machị 2016, Lauren Jackson kwupụtara ezumike nka ya na basketball, na-ekwu na mmerụ ahụ ikpere na-adịghị ala ala bụ ihe kpatara mkpebi ya. A mara ọkwa ndị otu egwuregwu Olympic na 12 Julaị 2016 ma gụnye ndị egwuregwu Olympic asaa na naanị ndị egwuregwu atọ sitere na ndị otu 2012. Ndị a ma ama gụnyere onye meriri nrite Olimpik ugboro atọ Suzy Batkovic, onye na-achị WNBL MVP Abby Bishop na Rebecca Allen. N'agbanyeghi mbido nwayọ nke tara Australia ahụhụ n'oge asọmpi ahụ, ndị Opals kwụsịrị n'elu otu ha na ndekọ 5 <unk> 0, na-eme ka Japan nwee 33 <unk> 15 na nkeji ikpeazụ iji merie site na isi isii. Na nkeji iri na ise, ndị Opals tara ahụhụ na-awụ akpata oyi n'ahụ 73 <unk> 71 meriri Serbia, na-enyefe 26 ntụgharị ma kpochapụ ha site na nrite nrite. Nke a mere ka o nwetaghachi ihe nrite ise n'usoro n'egwuregwu Olimpik n'afọ iri abụọ gara aga. Otu ihe dị mkpa bụ Liz Cambage imebi ihe ndekọ egwuregwu Olympic nke Lauren Jackson nke Australia nke akara akara na otu egwuregwu na 37 megide Japan. Ọ bụ nke atọ n'ime ihe ndị kasị elu otu nwanyị wetara n'akụkọ ihe mere eme nke Olimpik nakwa nke kasị elu n'ime afọ 28.