<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ama-Opals afanelekele ama-Olympics ka-2016  <response>: eRio de Janeiro kulandela ukunqoba uchungechunge ngokumelene neNew Zealand ngo-Agasti 2015. Ngo-31 Mashi 2016, uLauren Jackson wamemezela umhlalaphansi wakhe ebhokisini, ecaphuna ukulimala kwamadolo okungapheli njengesizathu sesinqumo sakhe. Iqembu lama-Olympic lamenyezelwa ngomhlaka 12 Julayi 2016 futhi lalifaka abadlali abayisikhombisa be-Olympic kanye nabadlali abathathu kuphela abavela eqenjini lika-2012. Okungafakiwe okuphawulekayo kufaka phakathi indondo yama-Olimpiki kathathu uSuzy Batkovic, obusa i-WNBL MVP u-Abby Bishop noRebecca Allen. Naphezu kokuqala kancane okwakuhlupha i-Australia kulo lonke umqhudelwano, ama-Opal aqeda phezulu eqenjini lawo ngerekhodi elingu-50, edlula iJapane ngo-3315 kwikota yokugcina ukunqoba ngamaphuzu ayisithupha. Kuma-quarter-final, i-Opal yabhekana nokushaqeka 7371 ukulahlekelwa yiSerbia, yavuma ama-turnovers angama-26 futhi yabakhipha emdlalweni wokulwela izindondo. Lokhu kwaqeda uchungechunge lwezindondo zama-Olympic ezinhlanu ezilandelanayo kusukela eminyakeni engu-20 edlule. Okunye okuvelele kwakuwukuthi uLiz Cambage waphula irekhodi likaLauren Jackson lase-Australia lama-Olympic lamaphuzu afakwe emdlalweni owodwa ngama-37 ngokumelene neJapane. Kwakuyisilinganiso sesithathu esiphakeme kunazo zonke esabekwa owesifazane emlandweni wama-Olympic nesiphakeme kunazo zonke eminyakeni engu-28. 