100 days to go until the Tokyo Olympics, and athletes from Miami are excited to bring home the gold after a yearlong delay. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports
Three-time Olympic gold medalist Sylvia Fowles will be representing Team USA -- and Team Miami -- on the basketball court in Tokyo.
The 6-foot-6 Miami native previously took home gold medals for basketball in Beijing 2008, London 2012, and Rio 2016. Fowles was drafted in the first round of the WNBA in 2008, the same year she also competed in her first Olympic Games. Nicknamed “Baby Shaq,” Fowles made history as the first woman to perform a slam dunk in an international competition.
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Will she take home a fourth gold medal in the Tokyo Games? We can’t wait to watch and find out!
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