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‘I Take Great Honour in Being the Captain’: Natalie Achonwa Never Backs Down

Canis Hoopus | November 21, 2022

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After captaining Canada Basketball to its best World Cup finish in 36 years, Lynx forward Natalie Achonwa is ready to get back to work.

Canada v Puerto Rico Quarterfinal 2 - FIBA Womenu2019s Basketball World Cup
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Nobody believed in the Canada Basketball Senior Women’s National Team heading into the ‘Group of Death’ at the 2022 Women’s World Cup in Sydney, Australia earlier this fall.

But that didn’t phase Team Canada or its captain Natalie Achonwa.

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