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USAB cancels Senegal trip
Updated: August 15, 2014, 2:35 PM ET
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
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The largest recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has forced USA Basketball to cancel its scheduled trip to Senegal later this month before the FIBA World Cup.
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The senior men's national team, led by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, had been scheduled to make its first visit to Africa on Aug. 27 for an all-day procession of clinics, tours and receptions in Dakar.
"I speak for all at USA Basketball when I say we're extremely disappointed we will not be able to visit Senegal," Colangelo said. "Our entire traveling party was very much looking forward to the experience."
After the World Health Organization "noted that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an extraordinary event and a public health risk to other [African] states," Colangelo said, USAB officials made the determination that "any risk, however small, is one we cannot take."
"The circumstances," Colangelo said, "just don't allow us to go."
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http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb.../usab-cancels-senegal-trip-due-ebola-concerns
Updated: August 15, 2014, 2:35 PM ET
By Marc Stein | ESPN.com
..
The largest recorded outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa has forced USA Basketball to cancel its scheduled trip to Senegal later this month before the FIBA World Cup.
...
The senior men's national team, led by Duke coach Mike Krzyzewski, had been scheduled to make its first visit to Africa on Aug. 27 for an all-day procession of clinics, tours and receptions in Dakar.
"I speak for all at USA Basketball when I say we're extremely disappointed we will not be able to visit Senegal," Colangelo said. "Our entire traveling party was very much looking forward to the experience."
After the World Health Organization "noted that the Ebola outbreak in West Africa constitutes an extraordinary event and a public health risk to other [African] states," Colangelo said, USAB officials made the determination that "any risk, however small, is one we cannot take."
"The circumstances," Colangelo said, "just don't allow us to go."
...
http://espn.go.com/olympics/basketb.../usab-cancels-senegal-trip-due-ebola-concerns