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Canadian basketball player may be forced to choose between infant daughter, 2020 Tokyo Olympics

Kim Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter, Sophie, to the Tokyo Olympics next month
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during the second half of a womenB次元官网网址檚 exhibition basketball game, Friday, July 29, 2016, in Bridgeport, Conn. (AP/Jessica Hill)

A Canadian basketball player is being B次元官网网址渇orced to decide between being a breastfeeding mom or an Olympic athlete.B次元官网网址

Kim Gaucher says COVID-19 rules prevent her from bringing her daughter, Sophie, who was born in March, to the Tokyo Olympics next month.

In an Instagram video, she adds that she has tried appeals but B次元官网网址渘obody can do anything.B次元官网网址

The 37-year-old Gaucher is looking into options, such as shipping milk, but has run into complications.

Gaucher says Olympic organizers have said B次元官网网址渘o friends, no family, no exceptions.B次元官网网址

The Canadian womenB次元官网网址檚 team is ranked fourth in the world. Canada opens the Olympic play against Serbia on July 26.

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