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Former NIC player competing in Olympics
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July 31, 2012 |
Former
North Idaho College basketball player Tugce
Canitez is competing for her homeland, Turkey,
in the 2012 London Olympics.
Canitez played on the NIC women’s basketball
team that won the 2011 National Junior College
Athletic Association National Championship.
This is the first time the Turkish women have
ever fielded an Olympic basketball team, but
they are currently 2-0 after upsetting the Czech
Republic on Day three of the London Olympics.
The Turkish team plays USA’s team at 2:15 p.m.
(22:15 London time) Wednesday, August 1.
More information on women’s basketball in the
2012 Olympics can be found at
www.london2012.com/basketball/event/women/. |
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