Sydney (AFP) - Three-time Olympic medallist Suzy Batkovic was on Tuesday left out of Australia's woman's basketball squad for the Olympic Games as the Opals look to make the podium for a sixth successive time in Rio de Janeiro.
The 35-year-old, a team regular for over a decade, was one of three players to miss the cut in coach Brendan Joyce's final roster alongside Tess Madgen and Rebecca Allen.
They were already without star centre Lauren Jackson, who retired in March because of injury after an almost 20-year international career.
The world number two Australians have won either silver or bronze at every Olympics dating back to Atlanta in 1996, with the irrepressible US team their long-time nemesis.