Belgian basketball star Ann Wauters' Olympic dream was a long time coming
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More than 10,000 athletes compete in the summer Olympics. There are gold medalists and athletes who'll never get anywhere near the podium. There are global superstars and athletes who soon will be, all rubbing shoulders with competitors from countries that they've never heard of.
There will be veterans of the greatest sports show on earth and debutants, men and women, who've been trying their whole lives to say that they are an Olympian. Belgium's 40-year-old basketball player Ann Wauters falls into the latter category. Once the first-overall pick in the WNBA draft, a WNBA all-star in 2005 and champion in 2016, and someone who boasts a glittering resume of success with club teams in three different continents, neither she nor her country had ever qualified for the games -- until now.More Related News