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Opals star Cayla George has not spoken to Liz Cambage since the latter withdrew from the Tokyo Olympics last summer and has revealed her frustration at her former teammate escaping any sanctions.
Cambage cited mental health reasons and said she felt 'at breaking point' when she left the Opals training camp last summer, just a month before the basketball tournament was set to start.
The 30-year-old was also involved in an altercation during a warm-up game against Nigeria in Las Vegas in July, during which it has since emerged she told her opponents to 'go back to your third world country'.
Cayla George was left upset after Liz Cambage wasn't fined nor suspended by Cricket Australia despite using a racial slur last year
The incident was subsequently probed by Basketball Australia, which formally reprimanded Cambage but stopped short of handing out a fine and a suspension.
George, who has 'absolutely not' spoken to the WNBA star said she was left upset by the outcome of the investigation.
'When someone does something and they don't really have any repercussions for it [it’s unfair],' she told SEN 1170 Call Time on Friday.
'The only repercussions were put on all of us who actually tried to protect and do the most respectful thing […] We are the ones that felt the repercussions and not the person that actually did the deed.
Cambage allegedly told Nigerian players to 'go back to their third world' country during a warm-up game last summer ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics
Cambage (centre) pulled of the Opals squad just before the Tokyo Olympics last year
'Then that's where I've got an issue because we're the ones that have suffered and we didn't
