Canada's Kia Nurse to miss Olympic qualifying tournament with minor injury
Team begins 3-game competition on Thursday in Sopron, Hungary
Kia Nurse will miss out on the upcoming FIBA Women's Olympic qualifying tournament due to an injury.
Canada Basketball says Nurse suffered a minor injury in practice that will keep her out of the tournament but she will be available for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games, should Canada advance.
The sporting organization didn't give specifics on the injury Nurse suffered.
The team also named the 12 players named to the pre-qualifying tournament roster on Tuesday.
Canada advanced to the qualifying tournament after going undefeated in the FIBA Women's Olympic Pre-Qualifying Tournament in November.
The Los Angeles Sparks acquired Nurse from Seattle Storm at the end of January in the WNBA, along with the Storm's fourth-overall pick in April's WNBA draft.
In exchange, the Sparks sent their 2026 first-round pick to Seattle.
Nurse, from Hamilton, signed as a free agent with Seattle last season and averaged 5.9 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists. She played all 40 games and made 20 starts.
The 27-year-old was named a league all-star in 2019.
Full roster
- Natalie Achonwa (Guelph, Ont.)
- Kayla Alexander (Milton, Ont.)
- Laeticia Amihere (Mississauga, Ont.)
- Bridget Carleton (Chatham, Ont.)
- Shay Colley (Brampton, Ont.)
- Yvonne Ejim (Calgary)
- Nirra Fields (Montreal)
- Sami Hill (Toronto)
- Aislinn Konig (Langley, B.C.)
- Shaina Pellington (Pickering, Ont.)
- Emily Potter (Winnipeg)
- Syla Swords (Sudbury, Ont.)
With files from CBC Sports
